TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - COMPETENCY #3 Utilizes the Principles and Science of Environmental Health to Promote Safe and Sustainable Environments for Individuals/Families, Systems, and Communities
A1  - Schoon, Patricia M.
A1  - Kleinfehn-Wald, Noreen
A1  - Porta, Carolyn M.
A1  - O'Leary, Stacie
A2  - Schoon, Patricia M.
A2  - Porta, Carolyn M.
A2  - Schaffer, Marjorie A.
PY  - 2019
T2  - Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual: The Henry Street Model for Nurses, 3e
AB  - Jeff,  Gena,  Max,  and  Dana  are  working  with  Candace,  the  school  nurse,  at  an  environmental  magnet  elementary  school.  Candace  tells  them  that  she  has  documented  an  increase  in  asthma  attacks  and  asthma-related  absences  since  the  beginning  of  the  flu  season  a  month  ago.  She  asks  the  students  to  do  an  assessment,  kind  of  like  a  modified  community  assessment,  to  identify  the  potential  causes  of  the  increased  incidence.  The  students  are  having  a  meeting  to  discuss  how  to  organize  their  assessment.Jeff  states,  “I  think  we  need  to  research  all  of  the  causes  of  asthma  and  asthma  attacks  and  what  might  place  these  students  at  risk  for  increased  attacks.”Gena  responds,  “This  is  going  to  be  complicated.  My  niece  has  asthma  and  my  sister  is  always  looking  for  asthma  triggers.  My  sister  also  recently  met  with  the  school  nurse  to  develop  an  asthma  action  plan  to  use  at  school.  There  are  so  many  risk  factors.”Dana  comments,  “I  don't  know  much  about  environmental  health.  I  think  I  want  to  do  some  reading  about  what  it  is  and  what  environmental  health  has  to  do  with  nursing.”Max  responds,  “I  agree  with  Dana.  When  I  think  of  environmental  health  and  nursing  I  think  of  how  we  dispose  of  hazardous  waste  materials  in  the  hospital.  There  is  also  the  climate  change  issue,  but  I  don't  know  what  this  has  to  do  with  nursing.  I  need  to  figure  out  where  asthma  triggers  fit  in  all  of  this.”Gena  reflects,  “Besides  this  community  assessment,  we  are  all  making  home  visits  with  a  public  health  nurse  [PHN].  Maybe  some  of  what  we  learn  will  help  us  with  our  assessment  of  the  families  we  are  visiting  and  with  the  interventions  we  do  with  our  PHN  preceptors.”The  students  review  the  environmental  health  PHN  competencies  they  will  be  developing  as  they  complete  this  project.  Jeff  starts  a  to-do  list  and  writes  a  list  of  definitions  the  group  will  need  as  they  research  their  topic  from  an  environmental  perspective.  
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PB  - Sigma Theta Tau International
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/12/11
UR  - apn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1189289806
ER  -