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  • Overview and Objectives

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    • Join the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE) for an overview of PFAS, human health impacts from PFAS, and actionable steps to reduce PFAS exposure. Speakers include Emily Donovan, co-founder of Clean Cape Fear, Stephanie Schweickert, Environmental Health Campaigns Manager of North Carolina Conservation Network and Dr. Katie Huffling, Executive Director of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments (ANHE). ANHE shares our recently released PFAS Toolkit which provides guidance on how health care providers can educate patients, perform risk assessments and provide practical clinical guidance. Our speakers also share current opportunities for engagement.

      Learning Objectives:

      1. Outline and explain the relationship between health and environment.
      2. List and describe 3 ways that climate change affects the health of Nevada residents.
      3. Identify 2 strategies in which you can engage with climate advocacy in Nevada or a specific district.

    • Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17198, for 1 contact hour until February 8, 2026.

    • Announcements Forum

  • Watch Video

  • Evaluation

    In order to receive a certificate of completion, you must complete the course evaluation.

    • PFAS What to Know Evaluation Quiz
      Not available unless: The activity Course Video is marked complete

  • Certificate

    Not available unless: The activity PFAS What to Know Evaluation is complete and passed

  • Next Steps

      1. Check out ANHE's PFAS Toolkit - Guidance for Clinicians, 
      2. Join an ANHE Forum or Committee, 
      3. Sign up to receive information about ANHE events and opportunities, 
      4. Donate to support nurses leading the way in protecting communities, 
      5. See ANHE's library of information and resources on environmental health, 
      6. Use your Nursing Voice to advocate for healthy communities by contacting us here.