Environmental Education for the Nursing Workforce

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The resources listed below address the nursing competency outlined in the Institute of Medicine’s landmark report, Nursing, Health and the Environment: Strengthening the Relationship to Improve the Public’s Health, of “develop a basic knowledge and awareness of scientific principles of environmental health”

EPA Terminology http://www.epa.gov/docs/OCEPAterms/

Environmental Protection Agency’s list of environmental terminology. Use it like a dictionary.

Nurses and Environmental Health: Success through Action, Illustrations From Across the Nation http://www.neetf.org/Health/NursingBooklet.pdf

This report contains outstanding case assessments of effective environment-based nursing initiatives across America. The report is an educational source book for advancing environmental health activities and skills in nursing and to strengthen overall health care in the United States.