Presenters: Kathleen Curtis
Judith Robinson

Expiration Date: December 31, 2009
No CE contact hours (CH) will be given after this date.

Abstract & Objectives

The four independent study modules in this series were originally presented and recorded as teleconferences with PowerPoint Slides in the spring of 2006 to prepare nurses for attending the Safer Chemical Policy Workshop.

Each CE module is presented here independently. You must complete the CE process and print out certificates for EACH part of the series. Contact hours for each are listed below next to the title. The total number of contact hours for the entire series is 3.12.

The purpose The purpose of the series is to give nurses background information for educating other nurses in a wider nurse community on this topic.

Objectives:

Part I – Toxicology/Pharmacology (See CE catalog)

1. Discuss concepts of toxicology that are important in understanding and evaluating environmental health issues.
2. Compare and contrast the key concepts of environmental toxicology with concepts of pharmacology.

1. Discuss the difference between health-based and risk-based chemical regulation.

1. Describe the Federal Insecticide, fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and its limitations.
2. Identify what categories of chemicals are exempt from the Toxic Substances control Act (TSCA).

Part IV – Coming Clean and The Louisville Charter

1. Outline, in brief, the history of Coming Clean and the Louisville Charter.
2. Describe and discuss the six principles that the Louisville Charter is based on.
3. Discuss efforts in states where the Louisville Charter has been used as the basis for re-making police at the state level.

The American Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

ANA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP6178.

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