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Mine Workers, Heat Related Illnesses, And The Role Of The Occupational Health Nurse, Kim Bourne
Mine Workers, Heat Related Illnesses, And The Role Of The Occupational Health Nurse, Kim Bourne
Nursing Faculty Publications
Across the United States, workers in m any occupations face weather and related extreme conditions on a daily basis. Hot weather and manual labor increase a person’s core body temperature. This heat gain comes from a combination of environmental and self-generated (or internal) heat. Environmental heat is both weather related and man-made, and internal heat is produced from metabolic processes (Xiang, Bi, Pisaniello, & Hansen, 2014). But, it’s just not the heat that causes problems; it’s the humidity, too. E ach year thousands of workers suffer heat related illnesses as a result of becoming overheated. Between June, 2013 and July, …
Developing A Workplace Sexual Violence Framework Related To Women Truck Drivers, Kim Bourne
Developing A Workplace Sexual Violence Framework Related To Women Truck Drivers, Kim Bourne
Nursing Faculty Publications
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Behind Closed Curtains On Eighteen Wheels: The Risk Factors And Consequences Of Intimate Partner Violence In Female Long-Haul Truck Drivers, Kim Bourne
Nursing Faculty Publications
Background. Intimate partner violence affects more than 1.3 million women in the United States (US) each year and 50% of all female homicides are committed by current or former intimate partners. Intimate partners are defined as a spouse or sex partner who cohabitate together. There are nearly 122,000 female long-haul truck drivers in the US who drive as part of a team with their intimate partners. Their jobs require them to be in close proximity with their intimate partners 24-hours a day for days to weeks at a time increasing the potential for intimate partner violence. Little has been published …