several TV videos showing the successes of Occupational Health.

"We do not stress what our graduates might be able to do, we prefer to point out the things they've already done. The students all have nursing degrees and my job is to build on that background."

"And some of our students don't even realize the potential they have until they are out in the work place."

Occupational Health is a two-year, part- Time program offered to registered nurses through a series of 11 evening courses. Day times are set aside as a time for practicums - where students put their skills to work in an actual job setting.

The results of her graduates’ work is

one major point that really makes Morrow proud and she can fire off the statistics like a computer.

*In 1981, Panco Poultry reduced workers tendon problems from a 4 to 1 down to a 20 to 1 ratio after an Occupational Health Consultant entered the plant.

*Fibreglas Canada decreased their time loss due to injuries by 66 per cent be- tween 1983 and 1984.

*Freightline B.C. dropped their accident rate by 33 per cent and their injury severity rate by 67 per cent during the same two years.

Graduates in More Demand

And the list of indirect benefits shows why Morrow's graduates are becoming even more in demand with industry and business across the province.

"Suggestions from an Occupational Health Consultant can lower time loss and money loss due to accidents, breakaqe, and time at a plant, as well as the time and money lost in training replacement workers," Morrow says.

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"Stress is lowered, and we can help keep employees and management working productively in their own environment."

Emphasis on A Climate for Change

And to accomplish this Morrow uses a unique teaching method with the emphasis on creating a climate for change, not on marks.

"The more | teach, the less | think marks are of importance. In fact, most of my classes are graded on a pass/fail scale, and when a student knows they're doing well they often don't even care to see their marks."

"And being an advocate of health and safety is not what the program is about either," she says. "Your average employee, is not going to be too impressed by some- § one telling them to lose 20 poundsor to stop drinking."

"The Occupational Health Consultant is

primarily there to, first, do an assess- ment of what is happening, second, discover the workplaces' strengths, and finally, find out what the people there want and then help them make those changes."

"As it is, most people already have the information they need to make changes, and basically they just need a little support."

Students registered this semester in Morrow's program are currently working in a variety of practicum sites, helping to make EXPO, the WBC, Shellburn, loco and an aluminum plant in Bellingham, Washington safer places.

Industries Sold on Our Merits

"I+ may sound impressive at first but actually B.C. is not really advanced in Occupational Health," Morrow says. "Originally, the industries had no idea what could be done but slowly they are being sold on our merits." ‘