Travel Health Nursing

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ravel health nursing is an emerging specialty focusing on the health needs of the traveler.Although no definitive number is available, it is estimated that several thousand nurses currently provide travel health care in the United States, and that number is growing steadily.Travel health nurses function in a variety of health care settings, including private practice, hospital outpatient units, universities, the government, and the military.With the rapid expansion abroad of U.S. business, many more occupational health nurses have incorporated travel health care services into their worksite programs. BACKGROUNDAmericans have always been travelers.Individuals, families, and groups travel for many reasons, including business, vacation, study, humanitarian work, and visiting friends and relatives.Each year, more than 40 million Americans work or travel internationally, from the very young to senior citizens (long, 2003).Individuals with chronic diseases and disabilities travel, as do pregnant women.The health risks of international travel vary and depend on multiple factors such as destination, season, and use of prevention measures.In a seminal travel medicine study, Steffen (1987) estimated that for every 100,000 individuals traveling for 1 month to a developing

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