Introduction of Environmental Health into Fundamentals of Nursing
Curriculum
Introduction into Nursing
• Florence Nightingale• 1:10• Most trusted• Responsibility• Be accurate, find out, promises kept• Quiet hour• Evidenced based practice• Body Burden Study as a preventative tool
Florence Nightingale• Founder of modern nursing• Established the first school
of nursing that combined clinical and theory
• Recognized the influence of environment on health care
• “the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery.”– Florence Nightingale
National Student Nurse Association
• Joining• Leadership– In NSNA– At college• Green committee• Recycling efforts• Fragrance free
• Advocacy
Connecticut Hospital Association Test
• Radiation Safety• MSDS sheets• Hazardous Substances
Health Protection and Safety Hazards and Health Care
• Appropriate Red Bag Waste– Incineration– Cost (guest relations)
• Appropriate room stocking, use of supplies– Work on relationship with hospital for donations of
unused supplies and equipment• Reading directions
• Fragrance• Ingredients
• Handwashing– Triclorsan
Handwashing
• Project– Obtain 5 commonly used products often in
hospital– Read use directions– Read ingredients– Review MSDS sheets– Research ingredients on Hazardous Substances
Database– Contrast and compare– Safer Alternatives• Compare cost
Communication
• Lecture contains info on therapeutic communication
• Exercise– Written communication– Letter to editor– Letter to clubs to join green effort– Corporate responsibility
• Publication of successes in college publication• Publication to NSNA journal or other
Introduction into Holism• Healthy People 2010 Goals– Self Care– Personal Care Products– Fragrance Free
• Health Promotion/Prevention• 3 Levels of Prevention– PrimaryPrimary
• True prevention- precedes diseaseTrue prevention- precedes disease– SecondarySecondary
• Early detection of diseaseEarly detection of disease– TertiaryTertiary
• Begins after illness- minimizes effect of long term diseaseBegins after illness- minimizes effect of long term disease
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Nurse’s Role in Health Promotion
• Model healthy lifestyle• Facilitate client involvement• Teach self-care strategies• Educate clients to be effective health care
consumers• Advocate in the community for changes that
promote a healthy environment
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Dimensions of Wellness
Nutrition • Food diary• Organic vs non-organic• Food source– Fish– Beef and Dairy-rBGH
• Pesticides– Dirty dozen, clean dozen
• Preservatives• Storage• Transportation
Nursing Care Plan Development
• Exercise– Compare client’s diagnosis or symptoms with
profession utilizing EnviroDx
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