Nursing Climate Resources for Health Education (N-CRHE): Advancing education and empowering nurses for action

IF 4.2 2区医学 Q1 EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES

Nurse Education Today Pub Date : 2025-05-09 DOI:10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106778

Gina A. Friel , Michelle DePhillips , Suellen Breakey , Karen Duderstadt , Cecilia Sorensen

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Abstract

Background

Negative health outcomes from climate exposures are increasing, significantly impacting human health and wellbeing. Nurses across practice settings need the knowledge and skills to address this health equity issue to ensure that future nurses are prepared to address climate-related health harms.

Contemporary issue

Barriers to climate-health curricular integration include a lack of faculty expertise in addition to a lack of available educational resources. The Global Nurses Working Group (GNWG), an international group of nurses based out of the Global Consortium for Climate and Health Education (GCCHE) at Columbia University have developed two novel approaches to address these barriers and therefore increase the ability of the nursing workforce to ameliorate the negative health harms of climate change across practice settings.

Discussion

Nursing Climate Resources For Health Education, an evidence-based, peer-reviewed, repository of climate change and planetary health-related resources was created to address the gap in faculty knowledge of climate change and health. Developed by nursing faculty and students, resources include climate-specific learning objectives, case studies, and slide decks that can be integrated into existing courses. Population-focused categories were created to guide learning material development across the prelicensure, masters, and doctoral programs. Complementing the N-CRHE, Nursing on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis: Education for Action, a virtual, free, 10-week course consisting of ten 60-minute presentations, was delivered by global climate change nurse experts. Each presentation focused on a climate-related health impact; participants were provided relevant materials and had the opportunity for engagement during the presentations. The program remains available for asynchronous viewing and continuing education credits are available. Certificates of participation were provided. Currently, there have been 2397 registrants, representing 133 countries across 6 continents.

Conclusion

Innovative and novel approaches to climate and health education are urgently needed to strengthen the vast nursing workforce to address the climate-related health hazards.

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护理气候资源促进健康教育（N-CRHE）：推进教育，增强护士的行动能力

气候暴露对健康的负面影响正在增加，严重影响人类健康和福祉。实践环境中的护士需要知识和技能来解决这一健康公平问题，以确保未来的护士准备好应对与气候相关的健康危害。当代问题气候健康课程整合的障碍除了缺乏可用的教育资源外，还包括缺乏教师专业知识。全球护士工作组（GNWG）是哥伦比亚大学全球气候与健康教育联盟（GCCHE）的一个国际护士小组，他们开发了两种新方法来解决这些障碍，从而提高护理人员在实践环境中改善气候变化对健康的负面危害的能力。健康教育护理气候资源是一个以证据为基础、同行评审的气候变化和全球健康相关资源储存库，旨在解决教师在气候变化和健康知识方面的差距。由护理教师和学生开发的资源包括气候特定的学习目标、案例研究和幻灯片，可以整合到现有课程中。创建了以人口为重点的类别，以指导执照预科、硕士和博士课程的学习材料开发。作为对全球气候变化护理专家课程的补充，《气候危机前线护理：教育促进行动》是一个虚拟的、为期10周的免费课程，由10个60分钟的演讲组成。每次介绍都侧重于与气候有关的健康影响；与会者获得了相关材料，并有机会参与介绍。该节目仍然可以异步观看，并且可以获得继续教育学分。提供了参加证书。目前，已有2397名注册者，代表六大洲的133个国家。结论迫切需要创新的气候和健康教育方法，以加强广大护理人员应对气候相关健康危害的能力。

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Nurse Education Today 医学-护理

CiteScore

6.90

自引率

12.80%

发文量

349

审稿时长

58 days

期刊介绍： Nurse Education Today is the leading international journal providing a forum for the publication of high quality original research, review and debate in the discussion of nursing, midwifery and interprofessional health care education, publishing papers which contribute to the advancement of educational theory and pedagogy that support the evidence-based practice for educationalists worldwide. The journal stimulates and values critical scholarly debate on issues that have strategic relevance for leaders of health care education. The journal publishes the highest quality scholarly contributions reflecting the diversity of people, health and education systems worldwide, by publishing research that employs rigorous methodology as well as by publishing papers that highlight the theoretical underpinnings of education and systems globally. The journal will publish papers that show depth, rigour, originality and high standards of presentation, in particular, work that is original, analytical and constructively critical of both previous work and current initiatives. Authors are invited to submit original research, systematic and scholarly reviews, and critical papers which will stimulate debate on research, policy, theory or philosophy of nursing and related health care education, and which will meet and develop the journal''s high academic and ethical standards.