Raising Nurses’ Voices on Fracking and Health

Posted by on October 07, 2013

RAISING NURSES’ VOICES ON FRACKING AND HEALTH

REGISTER NOW!
Join nurses from around the region and learn why fracking is so important to nursing practice and how you can become involved in this significant public health issue. Whether fracking is already taking place in your state or is being considered, we hope these conferences will provide you with the tools and inspiration to bring the nursing and health voice to the fracking debate.

October 19, 2013
Hood College*
401 Rosemont Ave
Frederick, Maryland
8 am to 5 pm
*Sponsored by Hood College Bachelor of Science in Nursing Completion Program

November 16, 2013
Edinboro University
219 Meadville Street
Erie, Pennsylvania
8 am to 5 pm

At each full-day conference hear from leading nurses, physicians, public health experts, and environmental protection groups. While these conferences are geared towards nurses, non-nurses are invited to attend as well.

Join us to learn:

•Latest in findings on short term and potential long term health effects
•How the “Gag” order could impact your nursing practice
•Effects of fracking on children and pregnant women
•Promoting development and use of sustainable energy in homes and workplaces
•What it looks and feels like to live in the gasfields
•Tools and resources to be a voice in your practice, clinic, hospital, and community
•Integrating effects of fracking on health into nursing education
•What to do with an emergency exposure
•Latest policy recommendations

Registration Fee: $50 Includes lunch, refreshments, and nursing CE
Discounted student rate $30
To learn more & register go to http://www.enviRN.org or call Sherene Hess, ANHE Clean Energy Coordinator at 724-762-4162