Creating a Generation of Sustainable Nurses

Kitt‐Lewis, Erin; Adam, Marianne; Buckland, Peter; Clark, Darlene A.; Hockenberry, Kristal; Jankura, Diane; Knott, Janet

doi:10.1016/j.cnur.2019.10.001

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“…Nurse scholars have argued that theory and practice are unavoidably connected,24,25 and some support including nursing theory at all levels of nursing education 22,26. According to Timpson,27 nursing theory is often viewed by nurses and nursing faculty as being abstract, obscure, confusing, irrelevant, and has limited application in practice.…”

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Use of Nursing Concepts in Program and Course Descriptions

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There is ongoing dialogue among nursing faculty and scholars regarding when and how students are introduced to and understand what nursing is. Nursing curricula have been adapted based on state regulations and accrediting bodies with an emphasis on evidence-based practice (EBP), interprofessional approaches, and high-stakes licensure examination. 1,2 We conducted this study to determine whether 4 concepts representing the focus of the disciplinecontext, holism, health, and caring-were present in web-based program and course descriptions. We used a content analysis of the programmatic materials and first 3 nursing courses in 300 4-year bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) programs in the United States to achieve the study aim. BackgroundNightingale lamented that the "very elements of nursing are all but unknown." 3 Nurses have debated this lack of clarity on what defines nursing for decades 4 and it remains a challenge today. Chinn et al 5 referred to a "stubborn cloud" of unclear identity lingering over the nursing landscape, evidenced by the persisting question, "What is nursing?" Several definitions of nursing exist, 3,[6][7][8] as well as multiple ideas about concepts that make up the focus of nursing. [9][10][11] In fact, there may never be consensus on what nursing is, how to define the discipline, or whether it can even be defined. Several authors have identified concepts including person, environment, health, nursing, wholeness, and caring as central foci of nursing. While not exhaustive, these concepts, and the relationships among them, apply to nursing practice, research, and education. 4,9,10,[12][13][14] There is concern that rather than drawing on the knowledge of the discipline, many nurses look to evidence from other disciplines. 5,[15][16][17] Questions arise about whether nurses understand that nursing has its own body of literature, knowledge base, and disciplinary focus. If nurses are going to build on discipline-specific concepts in education, practice,

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“…Nurses can have difficulty in appreciating the relevance of the SDGs to their nursing practice (Griggs, Fernandez, & Callanan, 2017;Richardson, Clarke, Grose, & Warwick, 2019), particularly goals that may not have an obvious connection to health, such as those involving climate and environmental issues (Nicholas & Breakey, 2017). The search found that many scholars emphasize the importance of increasing awareness through education on the SDGs Kitt-Lewis et al, 2020;Kurth, 2017), implying that individual nurses may not be familiar with many of the goals or even aware of the existence of the SDGs.…”

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“…Scholars describe that health has a "wider lens" (Rosa, Dossey, et al, 2019, p. 49) beyond the traditional boundaries that focus on the person and the illness, to encompass broader environmental, economic, or social factors, such as education or economic stability (Collins, Ross, Crawley, & Thompson, 2018;Wakefield, 2018). It is argued, however, that some nurses lack an understanding and recognition of how these broader factors influence health (Kitt-Lewis et al, 2020). Failure to recognize the connection between global issues and health has been described as an "endemic blindness" (Griggs et al 2017(Griggs et al , p. 1232.…”

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Nursing and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Scoping Review

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Perkiss

Dean

et al. 2021

J of Nursing Scholarship

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In 2015, all member states that comprise the United Nations unanimously adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a set of ambitious and inclusive targets toward global economic, social, and environmental betterment. Nurses have a key role to play in the achievement of the SDGs. The aim of this article was to conduct a scoping review to synthesize the literature related to nursing and the SDGs. Methods: This scoping review utilized Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage framework. Several electronic databases were searched for literature published from 2015 to 2020 using the key words "nurse OR nurses OR nursing" and "Sustainable Development Goals OR SDGs". Findings: A total of 447 articles were identified through the databases searches, of which 35 articles were deemed relevant and included for final review and content analysis. Analysis of relevant literature on nursing and the SDGs revealed two distinct, yet connected, perspectives: the nurse and the profession. Conclusions: Individual nurses may feel disconnected from the SDGs and struggle to relate the goals to their clinical role, calling for an increase in awareness and education on the goals. The wider profession could also increase both research and policy with relation to the SDGs, strengthening nursing's position to have a voice in and contribute towards achievement of the goals. Clinical Relevance: Individual nurses and the wider nursing profession have opportunities to more meaningfully contribute to the SDGs, beginning with an increased awareness through education and a commitment to research and participation in local and global decision making.

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“…The education in sustainability and its awareness among nurses have been described as pillars to mitigate the negative impact of pollution on people's health (Leffers et al, 2017 ), being entangled in all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (Anåker & Elf, 2014 ; Kearns & Kearns, 2021 ; Kitt‐Lewis et al, 2020 ). Therefore, nurses are engines of change in the current health system regarding environmental sustainability through research, and projects are integrated to achieve it (Lilienfeld et al, 2018 ; Richardson et al, 2016 ).…”

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Nurses as agents for achieving environmentally sustainable health systems: A bibliometric analysis

Luque-Alcaraz

Aparicio-Martínez

Gomera

et al. 2022

J Nursing Management

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Aim To analyse the current scientific knowledge and research lines focused on environmentally sustainable health systems, including the role of nurses. Background There seem to be differences between creating interventions focused on environmentally sustainable health systems, including nurses, and the scarcity of research on this topic, framed on the Sustainable Development Goals. Methods A bibliometric analysis was carried out, via three databases (Web of Science, Scopus and Pubmed), and the guideline recommendations were followed to select bibliometric data. Results The search resulted in 159 publications, significantly increasing the trends from 2017 to 2021 (p = .028). The most relevant countries in this area were the United States, the United Kingdom and Sweden. Also, the top articles were from relevant journals, indexed in Journal Citation Report, and the first and the second quartiles linked to the nursing field and citations (p < .001). Conclusion Education is key to achieving environmentally sustainable health systems via institutions and policies. Implications for Nursing Management There is a lack of experimental data and policies on achieving or maintaining environmentally sustainable health care systems, indicating that nurses have an important role and should be consulted and included in decision‐making policies regarding sustainability in the health care systems.

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Creating a Generation of Sustainable Nurses

Cited by 12 publications

References 8 publications

Use of Nursing Concepts in Program and Course Descriptions

Use of Nursing Concepts in Program and Course Descriptions

Nursing and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Scoping Review

Nurses as agents for achieving environmentally sustainable health systems: A bibliometric analysis

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