Challenges and successes of infusing environmental health content in a nursing program

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 453-464

  Hewitt, Jeanne Beauchamp ^a,b   Candek, Patricia R ^c   Engel, Jessica M ^d  

^a Department of Physiology and Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c S C Johnson & Son Inc   (United States)

^d MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental health; Environmental health nursing education; Faculty development; Nursing curriculum; Public health nursing education; Site visit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STUDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; EDUCATION, NURSING, GRADUATE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 33748289514     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2006.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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