Overview and Philosophy of the e-Commons Site
The nursing e-Commons is a virtual village square where nurses from all specialties can convene to share ideas; network; communicate; and obtain information, materials, education, and resources on nursing and environmental healthursing.  The e-Commons advances educational discovery and the generation and dissemination of evidence-based, scientifically sound information on the effect of the environment on human health. The foundation of the e-Commons is a belief in the power of community and shared dialog in building capacity for environmental health and nursing.
The goal of the e-Commons is to combine the power of social networking tools with professional nursing collaboration in order to create and share knowledge about the impact of the environment on human health.
e-Commons Vision Statement
Acts as an entry portal and starting point for nurses interested in environmental health and building community.
Makes it easy and simple for nurses interested in environmental health to find the information they need and utilize this information in their daily practice.

Has the services and resources that the electronic community uses regularly to obtain the information they need wherever and in whatever format it exists.

Provides an inviting and comfortable virtual environment for networking, communication, resource sharing and intellectual discovery.

Intended Audience
The target audience for the e-Commons is nurses of all specialties, nursing faculty and nursing students who are interested in the effects of the environment on human health.

The e-commons Bloging Platform.

e-Commons uses an implementation of the Wordpress mu software platform to power its blogs and content. This platform is amazingly powerful, and although at the basic level, very easy to use, provides numerous advanced features. Getting started at the basic level is pretty straightforward, but those who want to take their blog sites further and more advanced users may wish to explore the advanced facilities outlined in the pages of this User Guide.