Keywords

Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, curriculum, environmental health, nursing education

Authors

1. Leffers, Jeanne M. PhD, RN
2. Smith, Claudia M. PhD, RN-BC
3. McDermott-Levy, Ruth PhD, RN
4. Resick, Lenore K. PhD, FNP-BC
5. Hanson, Monica J. PhD, APRN-BC
6. Jordan, Lisa C. PhD, RN, CNE
7. Jackman-Murphy, Kathryn P. MSN, RN
8. Sattler, Barbara DrPH, RN
9. Huffling, Katie MS, RN, CNM

Abstract

In 2010, the American Nurses Association (ANA) added an environmental health standard to the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice requiring that nurses implement environmental health strategies in nursing practice. To prepare nurse educators to integrate environmental health at all educational levels, nursing faculty members from the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments developed environmental health competencies and curricular recommendations that address this need. Internet URLs are included for environmental health curricula for each level of nursing education.