Howard University
Division of Nursing
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Washington, D.C. 20059
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MISSISSIPPI DELTA PROJECT: EDUCATION AND PREPARATION OF NURSES
Environmental Health & Nursing: A Modular Curriculum
Environmental health and Nursing is a comprehensive instructional guide for faculty and students in associate and bachelor degree nursing programs for incorporating regional specific environmental health into existing curricula of schools of nursing.   The curriculum consists of six modules.  Examples, case studies, demographic data, and resources pertain to the Mississippi Delta Region (MDR) make the modules useful for local and regional experiences.  This highly versatile instructional tool is designed to be used by faculty in undergraduate nursing programs to the extent they feel it relevant and appropriate to their program of study.   Environmental Health and Nursing includes vocabulary, objectives, content, learning activities, and teaching and evaluation methods.  The modules include both basic and advanced nursing strategies, which may be be selected by the faculty according to the desired level of difficulty.  Reference lists are provided along with a variety of articles, case studies, documents, and data collection forms, which may be used to enhance and illustrate portions of the module.  The modules are appropriate for continuing education purposes with practicing nurses in community based settings.

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