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Put the Environment in your Nursing Curriculum!

June 10-11, 2009


Sponsored by the UCSF Occupational and Environmental Health & Advanced Community Health and International Nursing Programs, with the Northern California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH).

DESCRIPTION

Goal: To have Nursing faculty from schools in California commit to integrate at least one curricular activity related to environmental health (EH) in either their undergraduate or graduate nursing curriculum.
     Health questions about the environment come to registered nurses working in pediatric, maternity, primary care, and public health settings. Registered nurses need to be prepared to respond to these important questions.

Methods: This two-day interactive workshop will use small group work to pilot various environmental health curricular materials. Each participant will be provided with environmental health resource files for future use.

Please bring:

  1. 1) Laptop with USB port and CD drive
  2. 2) Wear comfortable close-toe shoes for June 10th tour, and walking shoes for lunch walks.
Complimentary Wine and Cheese Reception Following Day 1 Activities

OBJECTIVES

At the end of this workshop:
  1. Participants will increase their knowledge of and comfort with EH assessment tools to identify EH risks.
  2. Participants will improve their knowledge of EH resources to address these risk factors.
  3. Participants will commit to integrate one curricular activity to meet one nursing EH competency.
  4. Participants will evaluate the curricular materials throughout the workshop.

FACULTY

Oisaeng Hong, RN, PhD, Director, UCSF Occupational & Environmental Health Nursing Program.
Mary White, RN, MPH, PHD, FAAN, UCSF Advanced Community and Health International Nursing Program

Course Directors:
Barbara J. Burgel, RN, PhD, FAAN, Clinical Professor, UCSF
Rossana Segovia-Bain, RN, MS, OHNP, Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF

Other Speakers:

  • Brenda Afzal, BSN, MS, Director of Health Programs, Environmental Health Education Center, University of Maryland School of Nursing
  • Karen Andrews, MLS, Labor Occupational Health Program, UC Berkeley
  • Lisa Hartmayer, RN, BSN, MS, Student, UCSF School of Nursing
  • Patty Quinlan, CIH, MPH, Industrial Hygiene Specialist, UCSF
  • Lisa Thompson, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, UCSF
  • Michele Wong, MPH, Berkeley Center for Environmental Health Tracking

Agenda:

Wednesday, June 10, 2009
8:00-8:30 amRegistration and continental breakfast
8:30-8:45 amWelcome and Introductions:
OiSaeng Hong & Mary White
8:45-9:30 am Environmental Health Nursing: Why now? Why nursing?
Brenda Afzal
9:30-9:45 amBreak
9:45-10:15 am Environmental Health Concepts
Barbara Burgel
10:15-10:45 am Exemplar of Environmental Action: UCSF Medical Center
Lisa Hartmayer
10:45-12:00 noon A Toxicology Primer: How to Interpret the Science
Lisa Thompson
12:00-12:45 pm Lunch (provided) and Walk
12:45-1:30 pmEnvironmental and Occupational Health History
Rossana Segovia-Bain and Barbara Burgel
1:30-2:00 pmExposures: How to Interpret the Data and Conduct a Walkthrough Survey
Patty Quinlan
2:00-4:00 pmHealth and Safety Tour and Hazard Identification
Patty Quinlan
4:00-4:45 pmTour Debrief and Action Items
5:30 pmWine and Cheese Reception

Thursday, June 11, 2009
8:00-8:15 amContinental breakfast provided
8:15-10:00 amLibrary Resources for Environmental Health
Curricular Enhancement
Karen Andrews
10:00-10:15 amBreak
10:15-12:00 noonGroup Case study: Environmental Health Tracking and Environmental Justice
Michele Wong and Lisa Thompson
12:00-1:00 pmLunch (provided) and Walk
1:00-2:30 pmCase study discussions: Air Pollution and Mercury Exposure
Barbara Burgel and Rossana Segovia-Bain
2:30-2:45 pmBreak
2:45-3:30 pmCase Study Reports
3:30-4:30 pmGroup Discussion of Curricular Integration
4:30-4:45 pmEvaluation and adjourn

AUDIENCE

Nursing Faculty teaching in undergraduate or graduate nursing schools in California and elsewhere, who are interested in integrating environmental health into their current curriculum.

CREDIT

COEH Continuing Education is a California Board of Registered Nursing approved provider BRN # 12983 / 17.1 contact hours.

PARKING

If you are driving to the class, please park in the Milberry Union Garage across from the UCSF Parnassus Campus. A complimentary parking sticker will be provided at registration.

HOTELS

  • Walking Distance to the Class:

    Stanyan Park Hotel
    750 Stanyan Street
    San Francisco CA 94117
    415-751-1000

  • UCSF Shuttle stop at UCSF Laurel Heights Campus, 3333 California St, less than a block from the hotel:

    Laurel Inn
    444 Presidio Avenue
    San Francisco CA 94115
    415-567-8467

 

Course Schedule

Date

Time

Location

Price

June 10-11, 2009

Wednesday
8:30AM - 4:45PM
Thursday:
8:15 am – 4:45 pm

UCSF Faculty Alumni House
745 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco CA 94143


Directions

 

Course: $50.00(includes continental breakfast, lunch and breaks each day)

Register by April 30, 2009 – Enrollment is strictly limited

 

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