Hi

I qualified as an OHN in 1974, at that time there was only the Certificate
which I undertook at Birmingham Accident Hospital.  I am pretty sure there
was no other qualification until the Diploma came around and then the
degree.

Lynn
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> Good Morning Anne,
> when I did the certificate at Sheffield in 1983 this was there only course
> available. I have no recollection at all of the option of diploma or
degree
> at that time and I believe there were only two or three venues in the
> country that ran the course at all. The RCN may be helpful in establishing
> the information you need as the course was then accredited to them.
> chris Baldwin
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> on 18/1/04 9:08 pm, [log in to unmask] at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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>
>
> Hi All
>
> I'm analysing stats for my dissertation and OHNs have put that they
obtained
> the OH certificate between 1971 and 1994, the OH diploma from 1984 to
date,
> and the OH degree from 1990 to date.  I need to establish if it was
possible
> to obtain these levels of qualifications between these particular dates in
> the UK (or whether people have misread the question!).
>
> I would be grateful if anyone could advise me if there is a published
> article, paper, book, or internet site etc that would give the dates, and
> that I could quote from.
>
> Thank you in anticipation
>
> Maxine Oliver
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> Hello Maxine
>
> Perhaps I can assist in clarification. I suspect that you are correct and
> that some of your participants have indeed misunderstood the question you
> were asking.
>
> I am answering this from memory as I was taught OH Nursing at the RCN
> Institute of Advanced Nursing Education (RCN IANE) from 1991 and was then
> the course director from 1995 until we moved to London South Bank
University
> in 2000.
>
> To my knowledge the OH diploma  was not available in 1984 but I think that
> there was a route through the Diploma in Nursing for people working in OH
> (the qualification would have been Diploma in Nursing not Diploma in OH
> Nursing - a subtle difference). Most people would have studied the OHNC as
> that gave qualified OHN status and I don't think the Dip Nurse (OH) did. I
> would have thought that OHNs who held the OHNC may have gone on to study
for
> the Dip Nurse (OH) as part of their CPD. In 1984 the OH qualification
which
> conferred qualified OHN status was validated by the RCN. The DOHN came
along
> when the validation transferred to the  ENB. I am unsure of the date but
> suspect it was around 1987. (I studied the OHNC in 1985-6 and I know the
> DOHN was in the process of  development at that time.)
>
> Most institutions developed a BSc of some sort in the mid 1990's. The RCN,
> as it was at the time, developed a BSc (Hons) Health Studies which
> incorporated the DOHN in about 1995. Other institutions developed similar
> courses at around the same time. The RCN IANE developed their first BSc
> (Hons) OH Nursing degree in ??1997.
>
> Did you make any reference on your questionaire to the MSc I think it was
> first offered at the University of Surrey. I commenced  the MSc at Surrey
in
> about 1995 and it had been running for several years before that. Jen
Egger
> the course Director at that university may be able to assist if you need
> more info re that course.
>
> I hope this is helpful
>
> Regards
>
> Anne Harriss
> Course Director BSc (Hons) Occupational Health Nursing London South Bank
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