Environmental health and nursing practice / Barbara Sattler, Jane Lipscomb, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sattler, Barbara, DrPH.

Lipscomb, Jane.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental health.

Nursing.

Industrial nursing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Springer, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first book for nurses on how the environment affects nursing practice. Nurses should be concerned with environmental issues for two reasons: 1. Many diseases (such as asthma, lead poisoning, and some cancers) are caused by exposures to toxins in the environment; and 2. Hospitals themselves are sources of pollutants, through release of mercury and dioxin (a byproduct of incinerating plastic PVC products). The book includes information on basic environmental health principles and common environmental health hazards (e.g., in our water, air, schools, hospitals, and homes). It offers a

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: The Environment and the Health Care Workplace; Part II: Environmental Health Basics; Part III: Environmental Health Risks in Specific Populations and Settings; Part IV: Integrating Environmental Health into Nursing Practice; Appendix: Environment Health Resources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-81344-3

9786611813444

0-8261-4283-4

OCLC:

476262573