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TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH NURSES

Impacting Tennessee's worksite safety & health

NOTICE

34th Tennessee Association of Occupational Health Nurses' Conference to be held at Skyline Medical Center, Nashville, TN, on August 15th, 2008.  Click on the button located at the top of this page for more details. 

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Our Mission

The mission of the Tennessee Association Occupational Health Nurses is to advance the profession of occupational and environmental health nursing through lifetime learning, adherence to professional standards and ethics, influence of legislative, regulatory and policy issues, promotion of communication and development of strategic alliances and partnerships at both state and local levels.

2008 Goals

Membership goals

 

TAOHN will:

  1. Develop and implement a state-wide program to support and encourage new members;

  2. Support new leaders who demonstrate an interest in becoming more active in the organization and encourage new leadership by promoting attendance at the TAOHN Conference of Leaders;

  3. Continue to sponsor participation in the Tennessee Safety and Health Conference to gain exposure for occupational health nurses.

 

Public Policy Goals

  1. Increase the political awareness of its members and encourage members to participate in contacting their legislators on issues of importance to the profession;

  2. Identify at least one member from each chapter to work with the State Legislative Coordinator in contracting local and state legislators to discuss pertinent legislation through written correspondence, appointments, and invitations to TAOHN functions;

  3. Continue to monitor and respond to legislative and regulatory issues as appropriate.

 

Fiscal Goals

 

TAOHN will establish a budget and maintain fiscal viability.

 

TAOHN's By-Laws are now posted on the Newsletter page.

 

Contact Information

Contact information for the Webmaster is listed below.  The Chapter Page of the web contains contact information for each of the local chapters in Tennessee.

 

Telephone

615-665-7513

FAX

615-665-1244

Postal address

3265 Hartsville Pike, Castalian Spring, TN  37031

Electronic mail

Webmaster: Mary Asherbranner

Link to American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc  http://www.aaohn.org

Link to  American Board of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.  http://www.abohn.com