An EAP intervention protocol for occupational health nurses.

Abstract

1. Occupational health nurses can use their skills and knowledge of core nursing principles to become key players within their organization is EAPs. 2. The five stages of EAP intervention are recognition, documentation, approaching the employee, offering assistance, and ongoing monitoring of health. 3. Occupational health nurses must be able to recognize not only direct changes in physical health, but also changes in work performance, social interaction, and mental health. 4. If an employee's health continues to deteriorate, even after intervention, occupational health nurses must be willing to confront employees with detailed information regarding the medical, psycho-social, and employment consequences of unchanged behavior.