Health is influenced by every aspect of life. For many people, work plays an important role in their life and consequently in their health. The contribution of the occupational health nurse (OHN) is to influence people in and through their workplace. It is not limited to their health only in terms of the effect of their work, but also affects all aspects of their health. Employers are realizing that the impact of poor employee health on their companies is negatively affecting productivity and increasing costs (Redmond & Kalina, 2009). Therefore, it is important for nurses to also be present in the workplace to promote healthy behaviors and environments, maintain health status and restore compromised health. Accurate assessment is extremely valuable to the occupational health nurse. It ensures that its intervention, whether for health promotion, maintenance or restoration, is useful and well received by employees. It may also be necessary to communicate this assessment data to the management body to demonstrate the value of the nurse's role and intervention (Lukes, 2010). The occupational health nurse uses health promotion, which seeks to improve one's health and prevent illness and injury before it becomes a problem. For example, after evaluating a factory, an OHN may find a lack of adequate personal protective equipment provided for working with toxic materials or a lack of use by employees (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008). From this evaluation, he can advocate for better supplies or educate employees on the importance of using them. In all work environments, the OHN can discover, through a survey of workers, that many of them are obese and are unaware of the risks of being overweight. She w...halfway done...shouldn't leave the valuable skills she learned about the nursing process at the doors of nursing school after graduation. Instead, they should continue to use the nursing process throughout their careers, regardless of the population they work with. Works Cited Lukes, E. (2010). The nursing process and program planning. American Occupational Health Nurses Association, 58(1), 5-7. Retrieved February 25, 2010, from CINAHL Plus with full text. Redmond, M., & Kalina, C. (2009). A successful health promotion program led by occupational health nurses to support business sustainability. AAOHN Journal, 57(12), 507-514. Retrieved February 25, 2010, from CINAHL Plus with full text database. Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2008). Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community (7th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby, Inc.