09/05/2011 - Submitted by: Hohenstein Rena

The main topics will be the following: 

• The history, the present and the future of the Occupational Health Nurse in Spain
• The Occupational Health Nurse specialist, competencies and advanced practice in the EU
• Work life balance
• New emerging risks
• The role of the Occupational Health Nurse in economic crisis situations - downsizing.

Strategies to prevent:

• Psycho-social risk factors.
• Dealing with an ageing workforce / the effect of increasing the retirement age
• Psychosocial risk management / Best practice interventions
• Prevention Strategies to reduce the costs of MSDs
• Shiftwork and Health
• The role of the Occupational Health Nurse in accident prevention at the workplace
• Disaster Management at the work place
• The Role of the Occupational Health Nurse in Workplace Health Promotion / Influencing the future through evidence based practice.
• The mobility of the European workforce from an occupational health and safety perspective.