Environmental Health
Introduction
Laurie Combe, Past President, National Association of School Nurses (NASN) said, “School nurses constantly scan the environment for hazards that potentially have an impact on the health and safety of students.” Identification of such hazards can cause the school nurse to draw from their knowledge of the principles in the “Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice” (NASN, 2016) specifically Care Coordination and Community and Public Health as they consider connecting the families and school administrations to agencies in the community that can assist them with addressing the hazard. It is the position of NASN that, to protect and promote the health of all children, robust environmental health protections must be in place, and the inequities that lead to environmental injustice must be eliminated. (NASN Position Statement on Environmental Health. 2021)