Nursing, Health, & the Environment -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DEFINING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH -- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARDS -- NURSING PRACTICE -- NURSING EDUCATION -- NURSING RESEARCH -- SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- DEFINING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH -- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AS A CORE FUNCTION OF NURSING PRACTICE -- MOVING TO A POPULATION-BASED PERSPECTIVE -- THE NURSING WORKFORCE -- ORIGIN, PURPOSE, AND ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- 2 Overview of Environmental Health Hazards -- CLASSIFYING HAZARDS -- AIR, SOIL, AND WATER -- THE WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT -- THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT -- VULNERABLE POPULATIONS -- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PRIORITIES -- CONCLUSION -- 3 Nursing Practice -- NURSING PRACTICE AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH -- Definition of Nursing Practice -- The Nursing Process -- Scope of Responsibilities -- Role as Investigator -- Role as Educator -- Role as Advocate -- Interdisciplinary Aspects of Environmental Health -- FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE NURSING PRACTICE -- Professional Associations -- Ethical Dilemmas -- Credentialing -- Licensing -- Certification -- Changes in Health Care Delivery -- Funding for Public Health -- CASE STUDY -- Responsibilities of Nurses -- Types of Prevention -- Need for Broad Knowledge of Environmental Hazards -- NURSING COMPETENCIES IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH -- CONCLUSION -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Scope of Responsibility -- Availability and Accessibility of Resources -- Participation in Interdisciplinary Teams -- Educator Role: Risk Communication -- Advocacy Roles -- Ethics -- 4 Nursing Education and Professional Development -- FACTORS AFFECTING NURSING CURRICULA -- Tradition -- Trends -- Accreditation and Regulation -- NURSING EDUCATION PATHWAYS -- Basic Nursing Education -- Graduate Nursing Education.

Environmental Health Content in Nursing Education -- MODEL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT -- General Competencies -- Curriculum Integration Points -- Prerequisites -- Content Areas -- Resources -- METHODS FOR ENHANCING DISSEMINATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONTENT IN NURSING EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS -- Continuing Nursing Education -- Distance Learning -- Media -- Interdisciplinary Collaboration -- Faculty Development -- ROLE OF FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL HEALTH AGENCIES -- Federal Agencies -- Health Resources and Services Administration -- National Institutes of Health -- State and Local Agencies -- METHODS FOR EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OF CURRICULUM -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Levels of Education -- Licensure and Certification Examinations -- Environmental Health Disciplines -- Lifelong Learning -- Educational Resources and Opportunities -- 5 Nursing Research -- NURSING RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE -- MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH BASE FOR NURSING PRACTICE -- REVIEW OF NURSING RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH -- Results of Review -- Discussion of Review -- MEETING THE NEED FOR NURSING RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH -- Development of the Cadre of Nurse Researchers -- Current Priorities of Funding Sources for Nursing Research -- Sigma Theta Tau International -- National Institute for Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health -- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health -- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- Scope of Nursing Research in Environmental Health -- Availability of Researchers -- Priorities for Nursing Research in Environmental Health -- Dissemination of Research Findings -- References -- Appendixes -- A Position Statement from the International Council of Nurses: The Nurse's Role in Safeguarding the Human Environment -- B Environmental Hazards for the Nurse as a Worker -- INFECTIOUS DISEASES -- TOXIC EXPOSURES.

BACK INJURIES -- RADIATION -- STRESS -- VIOLENCE -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- C Environmental Health Curricula -- ESSENTIAL CURRICULAR CONTENT -- COMPETENCIES AND LEARNING OBJECTIVES -- SPECIALTY AREAS AND EDUCATIONAL LEVELS -- Basic Nursing Education -- Specialty/Elective Course Work And Graduate Study -- D Environmental Health Resources: Agencies, Organizations, Services, General References, and Tables of Environmental... -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- GOVERNMENT AGENCIES -- Federal Agencies -- Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Consumer Product Safety Commission -- Department of Energy -- Department of Health and Human Services -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Food and Drug Administration -- Health Resources and Services Administration -- National Cancer Institute -- National Center for Environmental Health -- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health -- The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences -- National Institutes of Health -- National Institute of Nursing Research -- Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- State Agencies -- State Health Departments and Radon Contacts -- Environmental Council of States (ECOS Member States Directory) -- ASSOCIATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS -- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners -- American Academy of Nursing -- American Assembly for Men in Nursing -- American Association of Colleges of Nursing -- American Association of Occupational Health Nurses -- American Association of Poison Control Centers -- American Board for Occupational Health Nurses -- American Cancer Society -- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists -- American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine -- American Lung Association -- American Nurses Association -- American Nurses Foundation.

American Public Health Association -- Association of Black Nursing Faculty -- Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics -- American Organization of Nurse Executives -- Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine -- Association of University Environmental Health/Sciences Centers -- Center for Safety in the Arts -- Committees on Occupational Safety and Health -- International Commission on Occupational Health -- International Council of Nurses -- MotherRisk Program -- National Association of Hispanic Nurses -- National Association of School Nurses -- National Black Nurses Association -- National Council of State Boards of Nursing -- National Environmental Health Association -- National League for Nursing -- National Student Nurses' Association -- Nurses Educational Funds -- Pesticide Education Center -- Sigma Theta Tau International -- Society for Occupational and Environmental Health -- Teratogen Exposure Registry and Surveillance -- World Watch Institute -- SELECTED TOPICAL RESOURCES -- COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION SERVICES -- Internet -- Department of Energy's Environment, Safety, and Health Technical Information Service -- Electronic Green Journal -- EnviroLink Network -- HazDat -- Medical List-A Guide to On Line Medical Resources -- Nightingale -- Nursing Institutes on Internet -- Nursing Internet Resources -- Nursing Network Forum -- WHO Global Environmental Epidemiology Network, GEENET -- List Servers -- Air Pollution and Biology -- EHS-L Environmental Health Systems -- ENVBEH-L Environment and Human Behavior -- Enviroethics -- NURSENE -- NURSERES Nurses Research List -- NRSINGED Nursing Educators List -- Occup-Env Med List (Occupational and Environmental Medicine Listing on Internet) -- SNURSE-L -- Other Gophers/Internet Relevant to Environmental Health and Nursing -- Division of Environmental Health and Safety.

The Environmental Magazine -- NCLEX Nursing Careers -- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) -- NURSE at Warwick University -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- Computer-Based Databases(*) -- Primary biomedical data bases included on the MEDLARS system are: -- Various software packages are available for access to MEDLARS, including: -- GENERAL REFERENCES -- TABLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS AND HEALTH EFFECTS, WORK-RELATED DISEASES AND CONDITIONS, AND SELECTED JOB CATEGORIES AND... -- E Focus Group Summary and List of Participants -- 1. WHAT COMES TO MIND WITH THE WORDS "ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH (EH) ISSUES"? -- Nursing Practice Issues -- Psycho-social Issues -- Public Awareness -- Legal and Ethical Concerns -- Scientific/Research Issues -- Concern About Specific Environments -- Concern About Specific Hazards -- Sanitation -- Other Hazards -- Specific Health Conditions -- 2. HOW ARE NURSES INVOLVED WITH EH? -- Education (most frequently cited role) -- Advocacy -- How/Where Involvement Occurs -- In Routine Practice and Research -- Environmental Assessment -- Other -- 3. OTHER WAYS NURSES COULD BE INVOLVED? -- 4. WHAT WOULD BE GAINED WITH INCREASED INVOLVEMENT AND ATTENTION TO EH ISSUES? -- 5. DRAWBACKS TO ENHANCING EH IN NURSING PRACTICE? -- 6. WHAT MUST BE DONE TO INCLUDE EH IN NURSING PRACTICE? -- Nursing Education Issues -- Nursing Practice/Professional Approaches -- National Legislative Initiatives/Federal Government Role -- 7. BARRIERS TO ENHANCING EH IN NURSING PRACTICE? -- 8. HOW TO OVERCOME BARRIERS? -- Educate current workforce -- Educate nursing deans, faculty, preceptors -- Funding and resource development -- Develop scientific basis of EH practice -- Socialization of Nurses -- Collaborate -- Gain support from those with power to change funding, legislation, workplace policy -- 9. WHO NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED?.

10. WHAT EDUCATIONAL METHODS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS CONTENT?.