Nurses for Healthy Environments Podcast

DR. ROBIN EVANS-AGNEW EXPLORES CARING FOR ALL THINGS AS A NURSING FOCUS. FROM WORKING WITH MOTHER TERESA IN INDIA TO WORKING TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, HE BRINGS THE IMPULSE TO CARE…FOR ALL THINGS. Dr. Evans-Agnew (He, Him, His) [https://envirn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Robin-evans-agnew-UWT.jpg] is an associate professor in the vibrant University of Washington Tacoma’s School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership. He is focused on upstream actions to transform inequities, especially as they relate to asthma and environmental justice and trauma-informed nursing practice. He is co-editor of an upcoming special issue of Health Promotion Practice on photovoice – a method for empowering communities for transformative change. As a community-based nurse researcher he has worked extensively with Black, Indigenous, People of Color for community transformation and environmental justice, including a 9-year Community-Based Participatory Research partnership with the Mujeres Latinas Apoyando la Comunidad, a group of new immigrant mothers of children with asthma. This group have developed and tested tools for: environmental assessment of daycares; woodsmoke pollution awareness; education of spanish speaking immigrants on indoor air quality; and assessment of VOC exposures in immigrant homes. He leads a regional community of practice with other nurse leaders focused on transforming nursing education for resiliency and prevention of the lifelong consequences of adverse childhood experiences. His second degree was in nursing from Johns Hopkins University and he completed his Masters in nursing at the University of Washington (1998) working with a northwest tribe on a culturally appropriate physical activity assessment. His PhD (UW, 2011) concerned asthma management inequities in Black urban youth from Seattle. Beth Schenk, Podcast Host [https://envirn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_9090-Copy-206x300.jpg] Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, RN, FAAN is a healthcare sustainability leader in Missoula, Montana. She has been working to reduce pollution from healthcare for over 3 decades. Schenk developed the “Nurses Environmental Awareness Tool”. She led the development of the CHANT: Climate, Health and Nursing Tool. She developed the WE ACT PLEASE framework for environmental stewardship. Schenk serves on the national board of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and on the boards of Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate and Climate Smart Missoula.

INVESTIGATORS WHO DEVELOPED CHANT – THE CLIMATE, HEALTH, AND NURSING TOOL – DISCUSS HOW IT BEGAN, WHAT IT IS TELLING US, AND ASPIRATIONS FOR FUTURE USES. NOW IN ITS 5TH YEAR, CHANT IS OPEN FOR 2021 DATA COLLECTION FROM NURSES AND ALL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. Cara Cook, MS, RN, AHN-BC is the Climate & Health Program Manager for the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. Her w[https://envirn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Cara-Cook-Headshot-2-8-296x300.jpg] ork focuses on elevating climate and health as a national priority by engaging nursing organizations and individual nurses in climate and health advocacy, education, and practice change. Cara has experience in critical care and public health nursing. Cara holds a Master’s in Community/Public Health Nursing through the University of Maryland. Shanda Demorest, DNP, RN-BC, PHN is a Member Engagement Manager with Practice Greenhealth, where she works [https://envirn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Shanda_Demorest_Headshot-300x289.jpeg] with hospitals and health systems to reduce their environmental impact. Dr. Demorest earned her Doctorate of Nursing Practice in Health Innovation and Leadership from the University of Minnesota, and she also holds the LEED Green Associate credential through the U.S. Green Building Council. A cardiovascular nurse with horticultural training by background, Shanda leads the Nurses Climate Challenge at Health Care Without Harm: A national campaign to educate 50,000 health professionals about the health impacts of climate change. Dr. Ekaterina Burduli is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at Washington State University. Her PhD training is in Experimental Psychology and her primary research focuses on substance use interventions and birth outcomes of perinatal women who use [https://envirn.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Eka-Head-Shot-200x300.jpg] substances and their infants. Dr. Burduli also has a high level of statistical methodology expertise in psychometrics, structural equation modeling, and clinical trial data analysis. Her specific area of interest and contribution in statistical methods is the psychometric development and evaluation of measures used to assess various health and psychosocial phenomena. GO HERE TO TAKE CHANT [HTTPS://LABS.WSU.EDU/CHANT/], LEARN MORE, AND SEE PUBLICATION LIST TO DATE. Beth Schenk, Podcast Host [https://envirn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_9090-Copy-206x300.jpg] Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, RN, FAAN is a healthcare sustainability leader in Missoula, Montana. She has been working to reduce pollution from healthcare for over 3 decades. Schenk developed the “Nurses Environmental Awareness Tool”. She led the development of the CHANT: Climate, Health and Nursing Tool. She developed the WE ACT PLEASE framework for environmental stewardship. Schenk serves on the national board of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and on the boards of Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate and Climate Smart Missoula.

DR. WALD DESCRIBES HER CAREER FROM ONCOLOGY NURSING TO HER INTEREST TODAY IN EXERCISE-RELATED HEAT EXPOSURES. AS AN EDUCATOR AND ATHLETE, SHE INSPIRES MANY! DR. ADRIEN[HTTPS://ENVIRN.ORG/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2021/01/ADRIENNE-WALD-200X300.JPG] NE WALD, EDD, MBA, RN, CNE, MCHES IS AN ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT MERCY COLLEGE, SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES, NURSING PROGRAM AT. DR. WALD HAS BEEN A NURSE, HEALTH ADMINISTRATOR AND EDUCATOR FOR OVER 40 YEARS. SHE HOLDS A DOCTORATE DEGREE FROM TEACHERS COLLEGE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; MBA IN HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT FROM ADELPHI UNIVERSITY, BSN FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY, AND CERTIFICATION IN NURSING EDUCATION (CNE) AND HEALTH EDUCATION (MCHES). SHE SERVED AS HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATOR AT THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IN GREATER NEW YORK AND IN HEALTHCARE MANAGEMENT IN SYSTEMS CONSULTING AND MEDICAL EDUCATION AND PUBLISHING FIRMS, WAS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM DIRECTOR OF NURSING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON AND DIRECTOR OF WELLNESS EDUCATION AT THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE. DR. WALD’S AREAS OF TEACHING EXPERTISE ARE NURSING RESEARCH, LEADERSHIP, POLICY, AND HEALTH PROMOTION. HER CLINICAL AREAS ARE ONCOLOGY NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH. SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE ALLIANCE OF NURSES FOR HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS (AHNE) —SERVING AS A MENTOR IN THE INAUGURAL ENVIRONMENTAL NURSING FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, AND IS ACTIVE IN THE RESEARCH, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND ADVOCACY WORK GROUPS AND IN THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION (APHA), SIGMA THETA TAU, AND THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SPORTS MEDICINE (ACSM), —SERVING AS AN EVIDENCE ANALYST ON AN EXERTIONAL HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS, AND SHE IS A FELLOW OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE, NURSING SECTION. HER RESEARCH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE CLINICAL JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY NURSING, THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH PROMOTION, JOURNAL OF NURSING SCHOLARSHIP, AND NURSING ECONOMICS (ON HEATWAVES AND EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS/COSTS) AND SHE HAS PRESENTED HER WORK AT NATIONAL AND REGIONAL CONFERENCES. ADRIENNE IS A LONGTIME ACTIVIST ON ANTI-WAR, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ON HEALTH, OPIOID EPIDEMIC, AND GUN VIOLENCE. SHE RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN FIREDRILLFRIDAYS WITH JANE FONDA AND LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR PASSIONATELY FOR PEACE AND PLANETARY HEALTH. Beth Schenk, Podcast Host [https://envirn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_9090-Copy-206x300.jpg] Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, MHI, RN-BC, FAAN is a healthcare sustainability leader in Missoula, Montana. She has been working to reduce pollution from healthcare for over 3 decades. Schenk developed the “Nurses Environmental Awareness Tool”. She led the development of the CHANT: Climate, Health and Nursing Tool. She developed the WE ACT PLEASE framework for environmental stewardship. Schenk serves on the national board of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and on the boards of Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate and Climate Smart Missoula.

[HTTPS://ENVIRN.ORG/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2020/11/STUDENTS-CROPPED-300X175.PNG] THESE NURSING STUDENTS SHOW US…OUR PROFESSION IS IN GOOD HANDS! ANHE launched the inaugural Student Nurse Committee in 2020 with a group of 8 pre-licensure student nurses from across the United States. This year, the student-driven and led group had the opportunity to explore their passion around environmental health, to engage in peer learning and sharing, and to develop educational materials geared to nurses, nursing students, and community members around environmental health. As part of their participation in the committee, the student nurses worked on projects focused on composting and environmental injustices. The 2020 student nurse members will rotate off the committee and we will be starting with a brand new group in 2021! Top Row: Talya Briana, Beth (host), Liz Flores Middle Row: Ari Marashi, Andrew Jensen. Cara Cook (ANHE Staff) Lower Row: Elise Krikorian, Daniella Rossi, Tiffany Pearson Additional student member: Leanna Clark. Beth Schenk, Podcast Host [https://envirn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_9090-Copy-206x300.jpg] Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, MHI, RN-BC, FAAN is a healthcare sustainability leader in Missoula, Montana. She has been working to reduce pollution from healthcare for over 3 decades. Schenk developed the “Nurses Environmental Awareness Tool”. She led the development of the CHANT: Climate, Health and Nursing Tool. She developed the WE ACT PLEASE framework for environmental stewardship. Schenk serves on the national board of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and on the boards of Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate and Climate Smart Missoula.

[HTTPS://ENVIRN.ORG/WP-CONTENT/UPLOADS/2020/10/ORIANA-HEAD-SHOT-159X300.JPG] ORIANA TURLEY COULDN’T FIND COMFORTABLE, ETHICALLY PRODUCED, SUSTAINABLE SCRUBS, SO SHE SET OUT TO PRODUCE THEM HERSELF. Oriana Turley is a mother, adventurer, nurse and founder of Medicine Mountain Scrub Company LLC. [https://www.medicinemountainscrubs.com/]Her first week as a nurse she was disappointed she could not find functional performance workwear made with the strict ethical and sustainability standards important to her, and is so common in outdoor apparel. Now, she has set out to create her own. Oriana wants to offer women in medicine one more tool to help them be confident and comfortable at work. Medicine Mountain Scrubs’ modest necklines and high-waisted yoga-style pants are unique in the industry, and sorely needed. Oriana believes nurses and other medical professionals like her don’t want their bodies exposed as they serve others in their most intimate moments. Along with her sister Golden, she launched Medicine Mountain Scrub Company via a Kickstarter campaign [https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orianaturley/sustainable-scrubs-for-women-in-medicine] on September 29th. MMSC is a female-focused medical workwear company focused on function, sustainability and ethical manufacturing. Oriana is on a mission to make the future of health care more sustainable, starting with the scrubs worn to work every day. Inspired by the mountains, designed by nurses and top outdoor industry professionals, Oriana has worked to create a full-coverage work uniform that reduces embarrassing body exposure while building a values-driven brand. Oriana is also an advocate for self-compassion in healthcare, and helps women in medicine develop mindfulness practices to help control their physical reaction to prolonged stress and secondary trauma. She lives in The Bitterroot Valley of Montana with her two-year old daughter, Amara and blacksmith artist husband, Charlie. She can often be found wandering ridge-tops with her daughter. Instagram: www.instagram.com/medicinemtnscrubs [http://www.instagram.com/medicinemtnscrubs] Free Self-Compassion Workbook for Women in Medicine: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f7e735860dc7d61810daea3 [https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f7e735860dc7d61810daea3] Beth Schenk, Podcast Host [https://envirn.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/IMG_9090-Copy-206x300.jpg] Elizabeth Schenk, PhD, MHI, RN-BC, FAAN is a healthcare sustainability leader in Missoula, Montana. She has been working to reduce pollution from healthcare for over 3 decades. Schenk developed the “Nurses Environmental Awareness Tool”. She led the development of the CHANT: Climate, Health and Nursing Tool. She developed the WE ACT PLEASEframework for environmental stewardship. Schenk serves on the national board of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, and on the boards of Montana Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate and Climate Smart Missoula.