Nursing, health & the environment strengthening the relationship to improve the public's health
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press
1995.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009820299006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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?.
