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• COAOHN INTRODUCTION |
The Central Ohio Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. (also known as COAOHN) is the local organization of nurses and others working in, or interested in, the field of occupational health. Seven Central Ohio counties are currently represented among its members. (These seven Ohio counties are: Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Marion, Union, and Wyandot.) The association is a chapter of both the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. and the Ohio Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.
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• HISTORY |
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COAOHN was founded on November 17, 1967 in Marion, Ohio, under the leadership of Nancy Spicer, R.N., who at the time served as Membership Secretary of the Ohio Association of Industrial Nurses. Eleven counties were designated from which the membership for COAOHN would be derived. The first membership meeting was held on January 11, 1968. On September 29, 1968, COAOHN became a constituent member of both the Ohio Association of Industrial Nurses and the American Association of Industrial Nurses, Inc. There were 19 charter members. In 1977, the Central Ohio Association of Industrial Nurses became known as the Central Ohio Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
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Central Ohio's Occupational Health Nurses - Who We Are!
Women and Men
Students through Retirees
Life Long Learners at every age
Serving the health and wellness needs of workers
Enhancing the human and financial resources of both public and private employers
Functioning in workplaces as traditional to nursing as hospitals, clinics, public health agencies, private practices, and schools of nursing or in workplaces as varied as the last century's decaying foundries to the next century's high tech research facilities
Business owners/employers, managers, supervisors, practitioners, case managers, administrators, educators, researchers, authors and consultant
Responding to today's needs while planning for tomorrow's
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