Nursing and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a COVID‐19 world: The state of the science and a call for nursing to lead

Abstract

The World Health Organization declared 2020 the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife well before the world was plunged into a pandemic response to SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19). Worldwide, nurses are advancing critical research and policy efforts to achieve all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Nursing is best positioned to ask and answer how to achieve the SDGs over the next decade, and in this COVID‐19 era. In this article, we summarize the state of the nursing and midwifery literature about the SDGs. Twenty‐four publications met criteria for inclusion, with nearly half published in 2019. Findings emphasize a need for: (a) nursing curricula and training revisions to include SDG content and strengthen development of a future nursing workforce comprised of global citizens; (b) innovative and disruptive nursing research documenting advances toward achieving the SDG 2030 agenda; (c) nursing practice that operates within a SDG framework; and (d) responsive and proactive nursing policy development that foresees what is needed to achieve the SDGs. When the urgency of COVID‐19 response subsides, the world will adjust to a new normal and nursing must be positioned to lead and contribute to micro‐ and macro‐level efforts toward achieving the SDGs.

Relevancia Y Presencia De Los Objetivos De Desarrollo Sotenible en Los Planes Curriculares Del Grado De Enfermería en España

“…Por otra parte, la integración de los ODS en los ya sobrecargados planes de estudios de pregrado requerirá un gran esfuerzo de diseño curricular, pues, el simple conocimiento teórico no es suficiente para desarrollar una ciudadanía global o contribuir eficazmente a alcanzar estas metas (Osingada & Porta, 2020). Según Graells e Insa (2021), a elaboración de propuestas formativas alineadas con las competencias requeridas para dar respuesta a las necesidades sociales y de salud de las comunidades ya constituye un reto en sí mismo, al que se suma un elemento más que le añade complejidad: encontrar las herramientas, no solo para entrenarlas, sino para poder evaluar de forma fidedigna la adquisición de estas competencias por parte de las futuras generaciones.…”

“…Así, se impone también una profunda reforma de la metodología docente: una que promueva, por ejemplo, el aprendizaje por simulación mediante experiencias clínicas intencionadas que expongan a los estudiantes a los retos sanitarios comunitarios y globales, y a sus soluciones, al tiempo que se fomenta la comprensión y concienciación con la equidad, las desigualdades y los determinantes sociales de la salud (Osingada & Porta, 2020).…”

“…Dentro de los currículos universitarios, explorar la presencia de los ODS en la formación de los futuros profesionales sanitarios es fundamental. Un hilo transversal de todos los ODS es la salud (Osingada & Porta, 2020). Su importancia se hace explícita en el ODS 3 "Salud y bienestar", sin embargo, es una cuestión consustancial en todo el proyecto.…”

Nurses and Midwives as Global Partners to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the Anthropocene

“…Nurses and midwives are first responders worldwide and are crucial to ensuring that health care both operates with a lighter environmental impact (mitigation) as well as delivers healthcare needs in the face of extreme weather, disease vector shifts, pollution, nutrition changes, and displaced populations (adaptation). In addition to being practitioners, nurses and midwives are educators and researchers who are making critical contributions to the larger Sustainable Development Agenda (Osingada & Porta, 2020). These planetary health issues will be the key drivers of human health and societal integrity.…”

Qual é a agenda de pesquisa de Enfermagem para a pandemia COVID-19?

“…The essential role of health care professionals during this pandemic is a milestone in contemporary history. Among many contributions of nursing in the context of healthcare, noticeable performances regarding health education, infection prevention and disease surveillance, organization and preparation of long-term services, protection of people with chronic diseases, as well as acute care of severe cases with COVID-19 have been observed (6)(7)(8)(9) .…”