Re: Years of OHN CoursesThis response is a bit late I know but I have been out of the country. Just to expand on Anne's reply. All OH nursing training in the UK was 'validated' by the RCN until 1988 when the regional boards (ENB etc) took them over. Until that date they were of certificate level, however, once you obtained your 'OHNC' you could register for the Diploma in Nursing from London University (Extra Mural) for the OH option. The Diploma for OH nurses was first developed post 1988 - the RCN developed their first Diploma course in 1989 and then progressed to a degree, originally in Health Studies (OH) from Manchester University. Other centres/universities offering Board validated OH certificates/diplomas then progressed along similar lines during the 90s.
Hope that helps clarify the situation. Incidentally the RCN offered the first ever OH course ( then called Industrial nursing) in 1934..........
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on 18/1/04 9:08 pm, [log in to unmask] at [log in to unmask] wrote:
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
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