Publications

Susan J. Luck founded EarthRose Institute and devoted her life to serving as a pioneer and advocate in the world of Environmental Health and Nurse Coaching. A selection of Susan’s writings on Environmental Health can be found here. The articles and textbook excerpts below demonstrate Susan’s vast knowledge in the field of nursing and integrative medicine, with an emphasis on how the environment impacts ones’ health.

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Environmental Awareness for You and Your Community

Start learning all the ways the environment impacts your life and actionable steps you can take to make improvements today. 

Approx. Reading Time: 30 min

Number of Pages: 23

Environmental Influences on Health

Learn more about the various ways the environment plays a part in our personal health, from rising sea levels to pollutants in the air. Information to gain more personal awareness as well as how to become an advocate for needed change will help anyone along their journey toward greater community responsibility through a knowledge of environmental impacts.

Approx. Reading Time: 5 min

Number of Pages: 3

 

This text originally appeared in Beginnings from the American Holistic Nurses Association, April 2021 

From Local to Global

Learn from informational stories demonstrating how environmental exposures can come from the land, sea or air. This excerpt shows how toxins can travel great distances to impact our communities, especially in our increasingly more connected world.

Approx. Reading Time: 15 min

Number of Pages: 17

Integrative Nursing and the Environment

This selected chapter goes into detail about the impact environment has on health, from the individual to the community level. It describes the role nurses play in recognizing environmental health triggers and supporting patients in making lifestyle changes to address them.

Approx. Reading Time: 45 min

Number of Pages: 27