About EnviR.N.

Mission

EnviR.N. is dedicated to supporting nursing professionals seeking accurate, timely and credible scientific information on environmental health and nursing. This interactive and dynamic resource seeks to foster the development of a "virtual nursing village" for the sharing of teaching strategies, practice guidance and consensus on future research needs for nursing and environmental health. The ultimate goal is to prevent environmental disease by increasing the numbers of nursing professionals who can recognize environmental etiologies and risk factors of disease, promote health through risk reduction and control strategies and empower individuals, families and communities through partnering, advocacy and education.

Kellogg Program for Nursing Faculty Development in Environmental Health

EnviR.N. is an aspect of this innovative partnership between the University of Maryland School of Nursing, Howard University, the Southern Regional Education Board, and the National League for Nursing. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) put forth a set of recommendations in its report "Nursing, Health and the Environment" regarding nursing education and practice as it relates to environmental health. The Kellogg Project is responsive to the recommendations for improving the integration of environmental health concepts into all levels of nursing education through nursing leadership and faculty development. Click here to view a video recording of a Dean's Conference on Faculty Development in Environmental Health

More about EnviR.N.

Nursing professionals can review the Basic Concepts taught in our three day Faculty Development workshops, including principals of toxicology, epidemiology, environmental justice and more. In many instances, you will find whole lectures available for your use, powerpoint slides for your own presentations, bibliographic sources as well a myriad of Internet links. EnviR.N. is dedicated to providing the latest Assessment Tools which have been developed by experts in the field. We promote the use of site visits to the home, workplace, school and community to enhance partnering, communication, assessment and learning. We anticipate that nurses will approach Assessment from several views, including Health Effects, Target Populations, Media (such as Air, Water or Soil) or Location.

Nurses seeking information on specific environmental hazards will be able to access information outlined in a nursing process format in the Hazards A-Z section. Interventions seeks to educate the nursing community of the many possibilities for applying the nursing process to the practice of nursing in environmental health. Of course, you can always use the Search function as well for a comprehensive list relating to your topic of interest. You will able to access timely information about new items of interest on environmental legislation, advocacy activities, new sources of information and educational opportunities by clicking Hot Topics. Finally, the Resources sections is available to bring you up-to-date- information from Government Agencies and Regulations, Bibliographic Informaiton and Textbooks, Experts in Academia and Advocacy Organizations.

EnviR.N. Policy for Content

EnviR.N. has been developed by a cadre of environmental and community health nursing faculty experts. Suggestions for content come from the Kellogg program faculty and their curricula. A content coordinator is responsible for the integrity and accuracy of the information. Click here for a list of faculty on the program's National Advisory Board, the Regional Advisory Board, the EnviRN Website Advisory committee or to contact the website coordinator.