Bernie Cameron
Dr. Berni Cameron is an occupational health nurse practitioner and university lecturer at Edith Cowan University (Australia) with 33+ years of experience in workplace health and safety.
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Jun 12, 2026
Gavin NimonHOST
Well, perhaps you can go on, Bernie, and tell us a bit more about what occupational nursing involves and your specialty area.
Bernie CameronGUEST
It can start off with drug and alcohol testing first thing in the morning and it can be random drug tests or required drug tests for those who've been exposed before to other substances.
Bernie CameronGUEST
And then we look at the environmental side of things where we look at exposure limits from our occupational hygienists and we look at the hygiene reports that come in.
Bernie CameronGUEST
And then, of course, we go to the morning meetings with the supervisors and find out what injuries they've had overnight and then we follow up on the injuries.
Bernie CameronGUEST
We then also follow up on those who need to see GPs or occupational physicians for ongoing workers' comp claims.
Bernie CameronGUEST
We then have perhaps a clinic if we can squeeze someone in if they haven't seen us beforehand on our way into the gate to survive on.
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Gavin NimonHOST
How would you handle it, and then how would it proceed from there to the hospital?