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Daniel B. Oerther is a professor of Environmental Health Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, a professor of Nursing (by courtesy) at Duquesne University, and the Executive Director of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists. His work focuses on planetary health solutions, interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP), science diplomacy, and environmental biotechnology. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including Fellowship in the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors.
Sarah Oerther is the program Director for the MSN School Nurse program at Goldfarb School of Nursing and a practicing Family Nurse Practitioner. Her work focuses on exposure science. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Nursing Educators, the National Academies of Practice, and the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
A selection of YouTube videos presenting the Nurse+Engineer transdiscplinary partnership as an example of V-shaped professionalism to solve problems of planetary health
A selection of YouTube videos presenting the Nurse+Engineer transdiscplinary partnership as an example of V-shaped professionalism to solve problems of planetary health
This 3 minute presentation, delivered at IPONS 2023, introduces the Nurse+Engineer as the essential V-Shaped Professional needed for Convergence Research to address the global challenges of the Anthropocene. Learn how combining nursing's robust theory and advocacy with engineering's design focus can solve today's greatest societal challenges. Video Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction to the Nurse+Engineer and the V-Shaped Professional
1:02 - Comparing the I-Shaped, T-Shaped, and V-Shaped Professional Models
This 7 minute presentation, delivered at IEEE GHTC 2023, argues that achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Anthropocene requires a holistic, interprofessional environmental health approach guided by Science Diplomacy. The key is for Humanitarian Technologists (Nurses and Engineers) to move beyond a "people-first" lens and adopt a quintuple bottom line. Video Chapters:
0:30 - The Anthropocene as a global challenge to the SDGs
2:22 - Defining Science Diplomacy for Humanitarian Technologists
2:47 - Nursing’s Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) model
This 14 minute presentation, originally delivered at ASEE 2024, details the essentials of the Nurse+Engineer as a V-Shaped Professional needed for Convergence Research. We showcase a novel pedagogy: integrating qualitative research methodology (talking and listening to people) into an environmental engineering senior design course to solve Food Systems challenges in Phelps County, Missouri. Video Chapters:
3:57 - Comparison: Nursing's Focus (Empathy/Theories) vs. Engineering's Focus (Design/Things)
12:00 - Implications: Qualitative Research is an Essential Skill of the Nurse+Engineer
A Middle-Range Theory of Scaling-up Caring to Solve Problems of Planetary Health
A Middle-Range Theory of Scaling-up Caring to Solve Problems of Planetary Health
"Conclusions. Environmental engineering has continued to grow and evolve since its origins in the densely populated urban environment of London England in the mid-18th century. Environmental Engineering 1.0 dealt with the issues of urban filth, while Environmental Engineering 2.0 considered the larger context of cleaning-up—and preventing—filth associated with industry on a nationwide scale. Today, environmental engineers must simultaneously consider the health, safety, and welfare of the public, as well as the health of the planet upon which all life depends. For PE’s to solve the problems of planetary health in the midst of the Anthropocene requires collaboration among environmental engineers and other caring professionals, such as RNs. Together, PEs and RNs may partner to achieve a shared vision of a better future for humanity and the planet where appropriate technology is used to sustain human existence within planetary boundaries and improved social contracts address economic and cultural inequities among individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations. The future of humanity and the future of the planet we inhabit may depend upon the ability of caring professionals—environmental engineers and nurses—to scale-up both technologies and social contracts."
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