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Environmental nursing diagnoses: a proposal for further development of Taxonomy II
Pauline M Green1, Laura V Polk, Diann S Slade
1Howard University College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Health Sciences, Division of Nursing, Washington, DC, USA. pgreen@howard.edu
Purpose:
To propose further development of environmental diagnoses and to offer recommendations for expanding Taxonomy II to include more diagnostic labels that encompass the environmental domain.
Sources:
Literature in the disciplines of nursing, biology, toxicology, public health, sociology, and anthropology.
Data Synthesis:
Nurses need language to describe the human responses of individuals, families, communities, and global society to environmental health threats.
Conclusions:
New environmental diagnoses will lead to refinement of language that describes the contribution of nursing to an emerging international and community health priority.
Practice Implications:
Environmental diagnostic labels will allow nurses to name responses and plan interventions that respond to instances or risks of exposure to threats from the physical and sociocultural environment.