Limited duty work: an innovative approach to early return to work.

One of the costly and difficult problems facing industry today is providing work for employees who have been injured on the job and are limited to some degree following the injury. Limited duty work is a job that is appropriate to an injured worker's skills, interests, and capabilities. One method of developing a plan for limited duty work is to set up a multidisciplinary task force to determine the most appropriate type of program for a particular organization. Intervention by the occupational health nurse is essential to the positive outcome of the rehabilitative process. Early return to productive work is an important facet of rehabilitation.