Nursing, Health, and the Environment

Summary

Explores the effects that environmental hazards have on the health of patients and communities and proposes specific strategies for preparing nurses to address them. This book documents the magnitude of environmental hazards, and discusses the importance of the relationship between nursing, health, and the environment from three perspectives.

Product details

• Authors: Committee on Enhancing Environmental Hea, Committee on Enhancing Environmental Health Content in Nursing Practice, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Pope
• Assisted by: Lillian H Mood (Editor), Lillian H. Mood (Editor), Andrew Pope (Editor), Andrew M Pope (Editor), Andrew M. Pope (Editor), Meta A Snyder (Editor), Meta A. Snyder (Editor)
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.11.1995
• EAN: 9780309052986
• ISBN: 978-0-309-05298-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 621 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Public Health und Präventivmedizin, Umweltwissenschaften, Umwelttechnik, MEDICAL / Public Health, SCIENCE / Environmental Science (see also Chemistry / Environmental), MEDICAL / Nursing / General, Medical / Nursing