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Environmental health in nursing / editors: Jeanne Leffers, Claudia M. Smith, Katie Huffling, Ruth McDermott-Levy, Barbara Sattler.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmental health.
- Nursing.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits (chiefly color)
- Place of Publication:
- [Mount Rainier, MD] : Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, [2016]
- System Details:
- data file
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Unit I: Why nursing. Why nurses are involved with environmental health
- Environmental health and families/homes
- Environmental health in the school setting
- Environmental health nursing at the community level
- Faith community: an environmental partner
- Spotlight on nurses
- Desired environmental health competencies for registered nurses
- Unit II: Harmful environmental exposures and vulnerable populations. Harmful environmental exposures and vulnerable populations
- Vulnerable populations - anticipatory guidance
- Immigrants and refugees as a vulnerable population
- Unit III: Environmental health sciences. Ecology, ecosystems, and watersheds
- Introduction to toxicology
- Carcinogens
- Criteria air pollutants
- Chemicals of concern: flame retardants
- Health effects of heavy metals
- Environmental public health tracking
- Introduction to risk assessment in environmental health
- Unit IV: Practice settings. Nurse exposure in work
- Hazardous exposures in healthcare
- Pharmaceutical waste
- Green team
- Unit V: Sustainable communities. Introduction to Tox Town
- Green building
- Green cleaning in homes
- Transportation and health implications
- Brownfields and nursing implications
- Antibiotic use in agriculture: public and environmental health impact
- Environmental justice
- Unit VI: Climate change. Climate and health
- Unit vii: energy
- Introduction to the ANA energy resolution
- Unconventional natural gas development and nursing
- Unit VIII: Advocacy. Using nursing process to guide advocacy for environmental health
- Coalition building: a powerful political strategy
- Case study in environmental health advocacy
- Chemical policy reform - toxic chemicals in the environment: efforts to control and regulate
- Anatomy of a legislative meeting
- Unit IX: Research. Maria Amaya, PhD, RNC, WHNP-BC
- Adelita Cantu, PhD, RN
- Viki Chaudrue, EdD, MSN, RN
- Rosemary Chaudry, PhD, RN, MHA, MPH, PHCNS-BC
- Linda McCauley, RN, PhD, FAAN, FAAOHN
- Ruth McDermott-Levy, PhD, MPH, RN
- Barbara Polivka, PhD, RN
- Elizabeth C Schenk, PhD, MHI, RN
- Unit X: Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, viewed February 5, 2018).
- ISBN:
- 9780999812303
- 0999812300
- OCLC:
- 965646704
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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