Nursing and midwifery advocacy to lead the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda

Alignment and contribution of nursing doctoral programs to achieve the sustainable development goals

“…In this sense, the category “Labor and health: nursing implications for the healthy development of labor and workers” shows that nurses can promote dignified and fair labor, in order to favor economic growth. Hence, the training of nursing PhDs is also committed with fighting unbalances and defending systems and actions that promote opportunities for inclusive economic growth for all [ 31 , 32 ].…”

“…In this sense, it is interesting to reflect that nurses, as leaders and educators, are in a position to ensure that nurses are prepared as global citizens, to contribute to the attainment of SDGs. Therefore, concepts such as global citizenship and social justice need to be included in the curricula of nursing doctoral programs, seeking to promote social justice, equity, inclusion, and access to the right to health [ 31 ].…”

“…Hence, in order to achieve the SDGs, it is essential to include these topics in nursing doctoral programs, enabling nurses to play an effective role in discussions concerning public policies, as these workers are inserted in various contexts related to human life and are able to develop and direct research and practice to systemic care, in addition to being part of the largest group of health workers, having an important presence within communities [ 31 ]. Nursing doctoral programs should intend to qualify nurses for the various contexts and challenges imposed on the achievement of all SDGs, especially the ones dealing with challenges experienced in Latin America, such as poverty, lack of education, gender inequities, poor working conditions and need for an economic sustainable development.…”

Nightingale’s legacy as a nurse theorist promotes healthful food systems

“…For example, in the Journal of Advanced Nursing , Oerther 11 argued that the SDGs provide a holistic approach that leaves no one behind regardless of the stage of economic development, and therefore the SDGs offer nurses an opportunity to act locally while thinking globally. In the journal Nursing Outlook , Rosa et al 12 echoed this holistic view and recommended that a comprehensive approach to the SDGs should include practice, policy, research, and education addressing the ‘bio-psycho-social-environmental’ determinants of health. In the journal of Public Health Nursing , Rosa et al 13 argued that the SDGs are simultaneously rooted in Nightingale’s legacy of modern, theory-driven nursing and also provide a path forward to solve the most pressing issues of our time.…”

Nursing Theory in the Quest for the Sustainable Development Goals

“…Theory-guided practice continues to inform discipline-specific care as well as agendas of advocacy. Nurses across settings and in all nations worldwide play pivotal roles in the global attainment of the SDGs through acts of concerned citizenship and professional leadership (Dossey, Rosa, & Beck, 2019; Rosa, 2017a; Rosa, Sullivan-Marx et al, 2019). Theory breathes into the world the determination of Florence Nightingale, the grit of Lillian Wald, and the soul of all global nurse leaders who have gone unnamed or uncelebrated.…”