Climate Change, Environmental Health, and Challenges for Nursing Discipline.

Omar Portela Dos Santos, Pauline Melly, Stéphane Joost, Henk Verloo
Author Information
  1. Omar Portela Dos Santos: Department of Nursing Sciences, School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais/Wallis, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland.
  2. Pauline Melly: Department of Nursing Sciences, School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais/Wallis, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland. ORCID
  3. Stéphane Joost: Geospatial Molecular Epidemiology Group (GEOME), Laboratory for Biological Geochemistry (LGB), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. ORCID
  4. Henk Verloo: Department of Nursing Sciences, School of Health Sciences, HES-SO Valais/Wallis, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland. ORCID

Abstract

Current data and scientific predictions about the consequences of climate change are accurate in suggesting disaster. Since 2019, climate change has become a threat to human health, and major consequences on health and health systems are already observed. Climate change is a central concern for the nursing discipline, even though nursing theorists' understanding of the environment has led to problematic gaps that impact the current context. Today, nursing discipline is facing new challenges. Nurses are strategically placed to respond to the impacts of climate change through their practice, research, and training in developing, implementing, and sustaining innovation towards climate change mitigation and adaptation. It is urgent for them to adapt their practice to this reality to become agents of change.

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MeSH Term

Humans
Climate Change
Environmental Health
Adaptation, Physiological
Acclimatization
Disasters

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