Consensus Study Report
America's nurses, an estimated 2 million strong, are often at the frontlines in confronting environmental health hazards. Yet most nurses have not received adequate training to manage these hazards.
Nursing, Health, and the Environment explores the effects that environmental hazards (including those in the workplace) have on the health of patients and communities and proposes specific strategies for preparing nurses to address them.
The committee documents the magnitude of environmental hazards and discusses the importance of the relationship between nursing, health, and the environment from three broad perspectives:
304 pages
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6 x 9
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hardcover
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-58824-3
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17226/4986
Institute of Medicine. 1995. Nursing, Health, and the Environment. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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