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Environmental And Occupational Health Risks: Educating Undergraduate Student Nurses For Best Practice, Dorinda A. Mercado Aug 2022

Environmental And Occupational Health Risks: Educating Undergraduate Student Nurses For Best Practice, Dorinda A. Mercado

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The environments we inhabit, whether homes, schools, workplaces, or the communities that envelop them, are replete with ubiquitous health risks that we routinely ignore to avoid analysis paralysis from worries. Environmental risks are hidden in food, drink, household and personal care products, furniture, and building materials; chemical hazards and physical residues of modern living contaminate air, water, and soil. Occupational hazards are prevalent in workplaces as diverse as agriculture, highways, and hospitals. A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) found that out of 2,310 urine samples taken from a group of Americans from the United …


Academic-Practice Partnerships: Building The Post-Pandemic Nursing Workforce, Heather M. Van Housen May 2022

Academic-Practice Partnerships: Building The Post-Pandemic Nursing Workforce, Heather M. Van Housen

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As the healthcare industry recovers from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing workforce development across the continuum from entry-level nursing student to faculty development has come into focus as a top priority. This article discusses the benefit of increased academic-practice partnership models to meet the growing demand for registered nurses. These partnerships increase clinical placements for nursing students and provide opportunities for practicing nurses to prepare for a clinical instructor role.