COHN(C) study plan
COHN(C) · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
Worker Assessment, Health Surveillance, and Clinical Care
Map the domain 2 blueprint into three subtopics: worker assessment, health surveillance, and clinical care.
Define the components of a baseline occupational health assessment and list what each component is used to detect.
Compare screening versus surveillance testing and identify which tests are mandated versus voluntary for common exposures.
Build a one-page reference table linking exposure agents (noise, silica, lead, solvents, bloodborne pathogens) to their required surveillance tests and intervals.
Practice ten clinical-reasoning items on interpreting surveillance results and documenting nurse findings.
Your checkpoint
A completed exposure-to-surveillance reference table covering at least six agents with tests, intervals, and documentation notes.
Worker Assessment, Health Surveillance, and Clinical Care & Work Environment Assessment, Hazard Recognition, and Exposure Control
Explain the hierarchy of controls and apply it to three workplace scenarios drawn from your own or a hypothetical setting.
Identify the routes of exposure and the exposure-assessment steps used to characterize a workplace hazard.
Interpret basic exposure data such as noise dosimetry, air sampling results, and permissible exposure limits.
Distinguish acute versus chronic health effects for at least five common occupational hazards.
Answer twenty practice questions spanning domains 2 and 4 and log every missed item with the reason.
Your checkpoint
A hazard-control worksheet applying the hierarchy of controls to three scenarios, each with exposure route, sampling method, and control recommendation.
Work Environment Assessment, Hazard Recognition, and Exposure Control
Outline the components of a workplace walk-through and the observations a nurse should document.
Describe how to read a safety data sheet and extract the exposure, first-aid, and PPE information relevant to nursing practice.
Explain respiratory protection selection, fit testing, and medical clearance requirements at a general level.
Summarize ventilation, engineering, and administrative controls and give an example of each.
Review ergonomic and biological hazard recognition and list the nurse's role in each.
Your checkpoint
A mock walk-through report with at least eight documented observations, each tied to a control recommendation and a follow-up action.
Occupational Health Nursing Practice and Professional Role & Regulations, Standards, Ethics, and Legal Aspects of Practice
Articulate the scope of practice and professional standards that govern occupational health nursing.
Explain the nurse's role in confidentiality, recordkeeping, and release of medical information.
Summarize the major regulatory frameworks that shape occupational health practice, including worker protection, recordkeeping, and disability-related obligations.
Distinguish the nurse's ethical duties when employer interests and worker interests diverge.
Complete a timed 40-question mixed set weighted toward domains 1, 2, 4, and 5 and analyze errors by domain.
Your checkpoint
A written ethics-and-compliance decision guide covering confidentiality, record release, and three conflict-of-interest scenarios.
Regulations, Standards, Ethics, and Legal Aspects of Practice & Health Promotion, Wellness, and Worker Education
Describe how regulations translate into written program requirements the nurse helps implement and audit.
Design a worker education session using adult-learning principles and a measurable learning objective.
Apply a health-promotion planning model to one workplace wellness initiative.
Identify evaluation measures for a wellness or education program, including participation and outcome indicators.
Practice fifteen questions on regulations and health promotion and write a rationale for each correct answer.
Your checkpoint
A one-page education session plan with objective, audience, content outline, delivery method, and two evaluation measures.
Case Management, Return to Work, and Disability Management & Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Response, and Injury Management
Outline the case-management process from injury report through return to work, including role boundaries.
Explain the purpose and components of a functional capacity evaluation and a transitional-duty plan.
Describe the nurse's role in an emergency response plan, including triage and first-aid protocols.
Differentiate first aid, emergency care, and definitive care and identify when to escalate.
Practice twelve scenario items on return-to-work negotiation and emergency triage.
Your checkpoint
A return-to-work case summary for a hypothetical injury, including restrictions, transitional duties, timeline, and communication plan.
Management, Leadership, Program Development, and Quality Improvement & Health Promotion, Wellness, and Worker Education
Describe the elements of an occupational health program design, from needs assessment to outcome reporting.
Identify quality-improvement methods and how to apply them to a clinical or program process.
Explain leadership and management responsibilities relevant to the occupational health nurse role.
Draft program metrics that link to worker health, compliance, and cost outcomes.
Complete a 50-question timed mixed set and categorize every error by domain and error type.
Your checkpoint
A program one-pager with a needs statement, three objectives, three metrics, and a quality-improvement cycle.
Occupational Health Nursing Practice and Professional Role & Worker Assessment, Health Surveillance, and Clinical Care & Work Environment Assessment, Hazard Recognition, and Exposure Control & Regulations, Standards, Ethics, and Legal Aspects of Practice & Case Management, Return to Work, and Disability Management & Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Response, and Injury Management & Management, Leadership, Program Development, and Quality Improvement
Re-take the full-length practice exam under timed conditions and score by domain.
Review every missed item from all prior weeks and rewrite weak concepts into condensed notes.
Recite key facts from your reference tables and decision guides without notes.
Build a final two-page summary sheet organized by domain.
Confirm exam logistics and set a realistic test-day time-allocation strategy.
Your checkpoint
A final two-page domain-organized summary sheet plus a scored full-length practice exam with an error-analysis log.
Milestones
Week 2: Score at least 70% on a 20-question domain 2 and 4 set and explain every missed item in writing.
Week 4: Score at least 75% on the timed 40-question mixed set with no single domain below 60%.
Week 6: Complete the return-to-work case summary and pass a self-quiz on emergency triage with at least 8 of 10 correct.
Week 8: Score at least 80% on the full-length timed practice exam and show an error log with a corrected rationale for each miss.