HCWH Nurses Workgroup

Nurses play a key role in the Health Care Without Harm campaign. As frontline health care workers, nurses have a unique role as champions within health care facilities, creating positive environmental change from the inside.

The HCWH Nurses Workgroup represents a community of nurses who are dedicated to implementing environmentally responsible practices in their hospitals. The workgroup has designed a Nurses Welcome Kit with more information about how to get involved. For updates from the workgroup, please see the minutes of monthly conference calls. The additional resources on this page may be helpful as you continue your work as an environmental health activist.

2012 Environmental Health Webinar Series for Nurses

Hosted by HCWH's Nurses Workgroup and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE). All webinars are free 1.0 hrs CE credit for registered nurses.

• Recorded May 29, 2012
  Environmental Health 101
  By Karen Ballard, MA, RN, FAAN
  View archived links:
  1) Webinar Recording
  2) Slides Only
  3) CE Certificate
• Recorded July 12, 2012
  Climate Change & Health: Is There a Role for the Health Care Sector?
  By Laura Anderko, RN, PhD
  View archived links:
  1) Webinar Recording
  2) CE Certificate
• Recorded August 21, 2012
  Healthy Food, Healthy Patients: Nurses Impacting Food Environments to Improve Public Health
  By David Wallinga, MD, MPA & Priya Saha, RN
  View archived links:
  1) Webinar Recording
  2) CE Certificate
• Recorded September 13, 2012
  Chemicals, the Environment, and Health
  By Barb Sattler, RN, PhD
  View archived links:
  1) Webinar Recording
  2) CE Certificate
• Recorded November 27, 2012
  Greening your Nursing Practice: How to Get Things Done at Your Facility
  By David Wallinga, MD, MPA & Priya Saha, RN
  View archived links:
  1) Webinar Recording
  2) CE Certificate
• Wednesday, December 12, 2012
  12pm EST/9am PST
  Political Advocacy for Nurses: Who, What, Why, When, and How
  Register for this webinar
  **Continuing Education Accreditation: These continuing nursing education activities have been approved by the Pennsylvania State Nurse Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Nurses As Environmental Health Activists

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