Environmental Health and Nursing Practice

ISBN 10: 0826142826 / ISBN 13: 9780826142825

Published by Springer Publishing Company, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Environmental Health and Nursing Practice
• Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826142826
• ISBN 13: 9780826142825
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

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 patient assessment tool for exposure to these hazards and strategies for "greener" use of hospital resources. This is both a nursing textbook and a practice manual.

About the Authors

Barbara Sattler, RN, DrPHDr. Barbara Sattler is the Director of the Environmental Health Center at the University of Maryland School of Nursing where she is an Associate Professor.

Jane Lipscomb, RN, PhD, FAAN
Dr. Jane Lipscomb is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMAB) School of Nursing.