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Nurses, Healthcare, and Environmental Pollution and Solutions: Breaking the Cycle of Harm

Nurses, Healthcare, and Environmental Pollution and Solutions: Breaking the Cycle of Harm
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Author(s): A. Elaine McKeown (Independent Researcher, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 24
Source title: Impact of Water Pollution on Human Health and Environmental Sustainability
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): A. Elaine McKeown (Independent Researcher, USA)and George Bugyi (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9559-7.ch008

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Abstract

Many nurses may not be aware of the role that healthcare plays in the cycle of harm. Healthcare participates in the cycle of harm by mismanaging waste, using fossil fuel energy and offering meat-based diets. Lack of knowledge, resources and empowerment potentiate this participation. Greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use and meat-based diets, with resultant water pollution, contribute to climate change. Climate change and healthcare source pollution in water from mismanaged waste, contributes to illnesses of community members. Once sickened, individuals come to the healthcare center for treatment. This illness care then contributes to more environmental pollution. Specific human health consequences of resultant water pollution and climate change will be discussed. With healthcare professionals collaborating with others concerned, the connections potentiating this cycle of harm can be broken. Recommendations will be offered for healthcare's forward movement to help create the solutions to the pollution.

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