This webinar will highlight the successful collaboration between Occupational Health Nurses and Ergonomists. Through real-world case studies, it will demonstrate how these two disciplines work together to prevent occupational injuries, ensure timely treatment, and provide comprehensive support for employee health and well-being.
At the completion of this activity, the learner will be able to:
Identify collaborative occupational health nursing and ergonomics practices for effective employee support
Explain the benefits of this partnership for employee health
Discuss daily interactions that create seamless employee support
Melanie Alexandre is in the Berkeley Lab Environment Health & Safety Department and serves as Ergonomics and Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Incident Review Programs Subject Matter Expert. She is a Certified Professional Ergonomist who holds degrees in Occupational Safety and Health and Occupational Therapy. Melanie has focused much of her 30+ year career on ergonomics. She loves to partner with individuals and groups to help establish effective ways to improve workplace safety.
Rangineh Bassir is a Nurse Practitioner and Occupational Health leader with over 15 years of experience in occupational health, case management, primary care, and urgent care. She currently serves as the Health Services Manager at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where she leads programs that promote employee wellness, safety, and clinical excellence. Rangineh is board certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner through the American Nurses Credentialing Center and as a Certified Occupational Health Nurse Specialist through the American Board of Occupational Health Nurses. She also holds a certification as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist (Mayo Clinic). A graduate of the University of California, San Francisco, with a Master of Science in Nursing specializing in Adult and Occupational & Environmental Health, Rangineh also serves as Program Director for the California El Camino Real Association of Occupational Health Nurses, where she designs and hosts professional development events for the occupational health community.
The Center for Occupational and Environmental Health designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 Contact Hour. Participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12983, for 1.0 contact hour.
Certificates of Completion will be available to webinar participants who are present for the complete, live webinar, and logged in with their registered email address. Call-in attendees are not eligible for certificates at this time - Please download the Zoom app to log in via email on your smartphone whenever possible.
In order to receive your Certificate of Completion, qualified learners must complete the post-webinar evaluation within 7 days of the webinar. A link to the evaluation will be emailed to qualified learners 24 hours after the webinar via no-reply@zoom.us. Qualified learners who submit their evaluation will receive a Certificate of Completion via email, and can also print/save the certificate from their browser after submitting their evaluation.
If you're not able to attend the live presentation, no problem! We record most presentations and will host them on our website provided we have permission to do so. Presentation recordings are not eligible for Certificates of Completion.
The goal of the Northern California ERC, a consortium of programs at the University of California’s Center of Occupational and Environmental Health, is to train professionals as practitioner and research leaders in occupational safety and health by offering graduate degrees, residency training, clinical experiences, and research mentorship to trainees. The aim of the ERC is to provide a broad, multidisciplinary educational experience involving student and faculty collaborations in the classroom, laboratory, and field. Through academic training, research, and community service projects, our faculty and trainees address ongoing and emerging challenges facing US Workers. Activities are grounded in multi-campus, interactive teaching programs that translate knowledge into information that can be used to improve worker safety and health.
If you require an accommodation for effective communication (ASL interpreting/CART captioning, alternative media formats, etc.) to fully participate in this event, please contact Michelle Meyer at (510) 642-8365 or mmeyer@berkeley.edu(link sends e-mail) with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.
