Environmental health and nursing /
Environmental health and nursing /
Barbara Sattler, Jane Lipscomb, editors.
- New York : Springer, c2003.
- xvi, 380 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HEALTH CARE WORKPLACE : Pollutants produced by the health care industry / Barbara Sattler -- Occupational health risks in the health care industry / Jane Lipscomb -- Latex allergy in health care / Susan Wilburn -- Ergonomics / Pat Bertsche, Gary Orr -- Health care without harm: a case study in advocacy / Charlotte Brody. Part II. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BASICS : Toxicology / Barbara Sattler -- Environmental epidemiology / Jane Lipscomb -- Finding information about chemicals in our environment / Barbara Sattler -- Risk assessment and risk management of environmental exposures / Jane Lipscomb -- Risk Communication / Barbara Sattler -- Water pollution / Barbara Sattler -- Drinking water quality / Brenda Afzal -- Air pollution / Barbara Sattler -- How food production can affect safe consumption / Jackie Hunt Christensen -- Environmental tobacco smoke and smoking cessation / Sophie Balk -- Hazardous and municipal waste sites / Cheryll Ranger and Ralph O'Connor / Pesticide exposure / Patricia Butterfield, Phillip Butterfield.Part III. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND SETTINGS : Environmental hazards in the home / Barbara Sattler -- Children's environmental health / Barbara Sattler -- Environmental health risks in the work settings: recognizing sentinel events / Kathleen McPhaul ---- Environmental health risks in schools / Erin Balka, Marian Condon, Tonya McKee, Barbara Sattler -- Cross-cultural issues on the Mexican-U.S. border / Maria Alvarez Amaya. Part IV. Integrating environmental health into nursing practice : Occupational and environmental health history-taking / Jane Lipscomb, Karen Sova -- Understanding environmental health policy / Barbara Sattler -- Environmental health education / Barbara Sattler -- Advocating for environmental justice: protecting vulnerable communities from pollution / Dorothy Powell, Diann Slade -- Conclusion / Barbara Sattler -- Appendix: Environmental health resources.
0826142826
2002017022
Environmental health.
Nursing.
Industrial nursing.
RA566 / .E575 2003
615.9
WA 30 / E638706 2002
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HEALTH CARE WORKPLACE : Pollutants produced by the health care industry / Barbara Sattler -- Occupational health risks in the health care industry / Jane Lipscomb -- Latex allergy in health care / Susan Wilburn -- Ergonomics / Pat Bertsche, Gary Orr -- Health care without harm: a case study in advocacy / Charlotte Brody. Part II. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BASICS : Toxicology / Barbara Sattler -- Environmental epidemiology / Jane Lipscomb -- Finding information about chemicals in our environment / Barbara Sattler -- Risk assessment and risk management of environmental exposures / Jane Lipscomb -- Risk Communication / Barbara Sattler -- Water pollution / Barbara Sattler -- Drinking water quality / Brenda Afzal -- Air pollution / Barbara Sattler -- How food production can affect safe consumption / Jackie Hunt Christensen -- Environmental tobacco smoke and smoking cessation / Sophie Balk -- Hazardous and municipal waste sites / Cheryll Ranger and Ralph O'Connor / Pesticide exposure / Patricia Butterfield, Phillip Butterfield.Part III. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS AND SETTINGS : Environmental hazards in the home / Barbara Sattler -- Children's environmental health / Barbara Sattler -- Environmental health risks in the work settings: recognizing sentinel events / Kathleen McPhaul ---- Environmental health risks in schools / Erin Balka, Marian Condon, Tonya McKee, Barbara Sattler -- Cross-cultural issues on the Mexican-U.S. border / Maria Alvarez Amaya. Part IV. Integrating environmental health into nursing practice : Occupational and environmental health history-taking / Jane Lipscomb, Karen Sova -- Understanding environmental health policy / Barbara Sattler -- Environmental health education / Barbara Sattler -- Advocating for environmental justice: protecting vulnerable communities from pollution / Dorothy Powell, Diann Slade -- Conclusion / Barbara Sattler -- Appendix: Environmental health resources.
0826142826
2002017022
Environmental health.
Nursing.
Industrial nursing.
RA566 / .E575 2003
615.9
WA 30 / E638706 2002