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Thank you so much for your outstanding presentation for our Annual Recognition Banquet; excellent motivational program; wealth of information–great program; timely and current; very informative and necessary topic.
     
I want to thank you for presenting our educational conference. We feel that the program was a tremendous success. I attended the presentation you did at the AOHC. Thanks for some great information. You have really got me pumped up about this topic. I have done some work on quantifying my department's value to the company, but your class has given me a lot of new ideas.  
     
Both excellent speakers and good tools were provided to take back to our companies; excellent presentation, great tools; great job…exactly what I needed; please offer this again…I want my staff to attend; really helped me to know where to begin and the tools to use…re-energized me to get this done.  
     
Faculty
Annette B. Haag, MA, RN, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN
  President, Annette B. Haag and Associates, Past president of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Trustee for the American Society of Safety Engineers Foundation. Nationally and internationally recognized in the field of health and safety.
   
Christine M. Kalina, MBA, MS, BS, RN, COHN-S/CM, FAAOHN
  President, Christine M. Kalina and Associates, Global Consultants in Business, Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety. Chris is extensively published and has lectured nationally and internationally in business strategies designed to demonstrate that good occupational health and safety is good business. Chris has over 20 years experience in occupational health and safety, workers' compensation, disability management, and project planning, development and management.
   
 
 

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Today, more than ever, Occupational Health and Environmental Nurses and Occupational Health Nurse Case Managers must validate the services and programs they provide to their clients, employer and employee.

It is a well known fact that during the past two decades corporations have been downsizing, reorganizing and looking for new ways to cut costs to increase profits and productivity. Success in business is prominently measured by the health of the bottom line not in providing needed health and safety services and reducing risk. If companies do not make a profit they will cease to exist. And, if health and safety professionals cannot demonstrate the contribution they make to assist the company in meeting its mission, they will also cease to exist. We know this to be a fact.

To be successful, nurses must present strategic plans that document value and cost savings. To assist nurses in developing these plans, we have designed two separate one day continuing education offerings that can be presented as either a one day or two day program.

Course 1:  Strategies and Tools for Measuring and Articulating the Value of Occupational Health and Environmental Services to Management

Course 2:  The Importance of Developing Business Expertise and Understanding Critical Financial Concepts in the Administration of Occupational Health Programs

These courses include the key concepts, tools and strategies outlined in the new AAOHN publication "Success Tools" - Module One & Module Two. We are contributing authors to these publications. Each program is approved for 6 CEUs.

We have presented these programs at the American Occupational Health Conference with rave reviews (see sidebar). As a result of the conference appearances, we were asked to present these programs at the state level. We are also able to tailor the programs to meet local Chapter needs.

Over the past several years, we have received numerous calls from nurses in immediate need of having to present their value to management. It is difficult for nurses to present this information if they have failed to take the time to benchmark, measure or quantify their worth.