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Pre-screen Healthcare Products Wondering if the
healthcare products you use or purchase are "environmentally friendly"?
A useful tool was developed to screen healthcare products for persistent
bioaccumulative toxic substances in their manufacture, use and disposal.
Visit the HCEPT
site to learn more about this resource.
The Nightingale Institute for Health and the Environment cosponsored a presentation by Dr. Jean Watson, Distinguished Scholar of Nursing, at the University of Vermont School of Nursing in the fall of 1999. Dr. Watson's new book Postmodern Nursing And Beyond is available for purchase from Amazon.com Photo of Pat Donehower
RN, Visiting Nurses Association and Dr. Jean Watson NIHE members
at the pollution prevention conference in London.
Annual Meeting
Environmental
Health Nursing Skills: This pre-conference workshop enabled nurses to understand how the environment impacts health. Inspired by the writings of Florence Nightingale on environment and health, the session provided an enhanced understanding of the environment, and in particular, the environmental impact of health care delivery. Attendees learned about the environment, health related impacts on environmental conditions, sources of toxic pollution in health care, strategies to reduce pollution from health care, and actions nurses can take in various settings to improve environmental conditions. ICN Declares Control
of Medical Waste Geneva, Switzerland. November 13, 1998 -- The impact of medical waste on the natural environment and the consequences of inefficient and ineffective disposal of medical waste is an area for action by the International Council of Nurses, national nurses' associations and the nursing community in general. Along with other health professionals, nurses in clinical care are producers of medical waste and have a responsibility to reduce and where possible, eliminate, its negative impact on the environment.
ICN will work with member associations in making nurses aware of the consequences of the medical waste produced by the health sector and of their responsibilities in influencing protocols and policies effecting its production and disposal." Nursing's commitment to health promotion must include safeguarding the natural environment," continued Stallknecht. "ICN calls for nurses and nursing organizations to take leadership in this area." ICN is a federation of 118 national nurses' associations representing the millions of nurses working worldwide. Operated by nurses for nurses, ICN is the international voice of nursing and works to ensure quality care for all and sound health policies globally. Contact Nancy Vatré
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The
Nightingale Institute for Health and the Environment offered the following
pre-conference workshop on Environment and Health at the ICN meeting in
London at the QEII conference center:
"Primary
health care, with its focus on the basic determinants of health, recognizes
the key role the environment plays in the health status of individuals,
families and communities" said International Council of Nurses President
Kirsten Stallknecht, speaking on behalf of the ICN Board currently holding
their annual meeting in Geneva. "ICN and national nurses' associations,
as representative organizations of nurses and nursing, have the responsibility
to direct clinical and policy decisions with regard to medical waste."