A scoping review of environmental health nursing research

Polivka, Barbara; Chaudry, Rosemary V.

doi:10.1111/phn.12373

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“…According to Issel et al (), more research ought to be conducted in the area of public health nursing interventions, models and the effectiveness of public health nursing outcomes. Regarding environmental health nursing research, it is recommended that environmental exposures, risk perception, second‐hand smoking and health education on environmental issues need to be the focus of current nursing research (Polivka & Chaudry, ). Last, more focus ought to be placed on planning and conducting nursing research in low‐ and middle‐income countries (Rehfuess et al, ).…”

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Nursing research priorities based on CINAHL database: A scoping review

Hopia

Heikkila

2019

Nursing Open

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Aim To analyse nursing research based on the CINAHL database to identify research priorities for nursing. Design A scoping literature review was conducted. The CINAHL Plus (EBSCO) Full Text was searched between 2012–2018. Methods Out of 1522 original publications, 91 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The Joanna Briggs Institute critical appraisal tools were applied. Data were analysed by a thematic analysis method. Results A strong emphasis should be put on development and evaluation of nursing theories and, in addition, randomized controlled trial studies, meta‐synthesis, experimental and intervention studies are needed in nursing research. Development of competencies and skills in the nursing profession ought to be studied more extensively and research should be focused on variety fields of nursing practice.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Nursing research priorities based on CINAHL database: A scoping review

Hopia

Heikkila

2019

Nursing Open

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“…Additional recommendations for priorities in environmental health nursing are listed in Table . Nursing has a rich history in environmental health research (Polivka & Chaudry, ), yet there remains an ongoing need to address analytic methods that account for different levels of analysis, including genomics, in exposure measurements and health outcomes in nursing research (Khoury et al, ; Lynch & Rebbeck, ). Nurses are trained as complex systems thinkers and problem‐solvers.…”

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Advancing the symptom science model with environmental health

Castner¹,

Amiri

Rodriguez

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Public Health Nursing

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Objective: Globally, indoor and outdoor pollutants are leading risk factors for death and reduced quality of life. Few theories explicitly address environmental health within the nursing discipline with a focus on harmful environmental exposures. The objective here is to expand the National Institutes of Health Symptom Science Model to include the environmental health concepts of environmental endotype (causative pathway) and environmental exposure. Design: Meleis' research to theory strategy for theory refinement was used. Research workshop proceedings, environmental health nursing research expert consensus, panelist research trajectories, and review of the literature were utilized as data sources. Results: Ongoing emphasis on the physical environment as a key determinant of health and theoretical perspectives for including environmental exposures and endotypes in symptom science are presented. Definitions of these concepts, further developed, are provided. Recommendations to strengthen environmental health nursing research and practice through capacity building/infrastructure, methods/outcomes, translational/clinical research, and basic/mechanistic research are included. Conclusion: The revised model deepens theoretical support for clinical actions that include environmental modification, environmental health education, and exposure reduction. This modification will enable a middle-range theory and shared mental model to inspire the prioritization of environmental health in nursing leadership, research, practice, and education. K E Y W O R D S endotype, Environmental Health Science, environmental justice, exposure, nursing theory, Symptom Science Model | 717 CASTNER ET Al.

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“…A follow-up review found 548 nursing studies published in nursing journals related to climate change and environmental health between 1995 and 2015 (Polivka & Chaudry, 2017). This review identified 55 publications between 1995 and 2000, 96 publications between 2001 and 2005, 170 publications between 2006 and 2010, and 227 publications between 2011 and 2015 (Polivka & Chaudry, 2017). It is clear that nursing responded to the call put out by the National Academy of Medicine and has since developed some scholarship, education and practice in the area of environmental health (Álvarez-Nieto et al, 2018;Leffers & Butterfield, 2018;Lipkin, 2012;Sayre, Rhazi, Carpenter, & Hughes, 2010); however, the initial response was slow and the area is still far from being saturated.…”

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confidence: 99%

Nursing’s metaparadigm, climate change and planetary health

2020

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This paper offers a theoretical discussion on why the nursing profession has had a delayed response to the issue of climate change. We suggest this delay may have been influenced by the early days of nursing's professionalization. Specifically, we examine nursing's professional mandate, the generally accepted metaparadigm, and the grand theorists’ conceptualizations of both the environment and the nurse–environment relationship. We conclude that these works may have encouraged nurses to conceptualize the environment, as well as their relationship with it, mainly in terms of the individual patient, and as such, nurses have not been encouraged to understand these concepts from a broader perspective. By not having the philosophical and theoretical foundations to understand the environment in relation to society, it is not surprising that nurses have had a delayed response to climate change and may not have viewed it as a professional concern. A planetary health perspective is suggested as a theoretical basis for nursing education, research and practice. Taking on a planetary health perspective could help nurses progress the profession and move healthcare systems towards supporting a climate‐resilient future.

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A scoping review of environmental health nursing research

Cited by 20 publications

References 31 publications

Nursing research priorities based on CINAHL database: A scoping review

Nursing research priorities based on CINAHL database: A scoping review

Advancing the symptom science model with environmental health

Nursing’s metaparadigm, climate change and planetary health

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