Nurses and Environmental Health: Success Through Action

Prepared by the National Environmental Education & Training Foundation, this guide is written, in part, as a response to a 1995 report by the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine, which called for increased environmental competency in the nursing profession.

Intended to help nurses address environmental impacts on human health, it offers examples of successful environmental-health initiatives throughout the U.S. Learn about community outreach. Find an overview of federal initiatives in environmental health and nursing. And get reviews of environmental-health curricula in nursing schools and continuing-education programs.