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Climate Adaptation and Nursing
Kasey Jordan1, Barbara Polivka, Elizabeth Schenk
1Kasey Jordan is an assistant professor at the College of Charleston's School of Health Sciences in Charleston, SC. Barbara Polivka is a professor and associate dean of research at the University of Kansas School of Nursing, Kansas City. Elizabeth Schenk is the chief environmental stewardship officer at Providence Health System in Renton, WA, and an associate research professor at the Washington State University College of Nursing in Spokane. Teddie Potter is director of the Center for Planetary Health and Environmental Justice at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in Minneapolis. Katie Huffling is executive director of the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Mount Rainier, MD. Jessica Castner is the executive in residence and climate leader in residence at Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability in Durham, NC, and president of Castner Incorporated, Grand Island, NY. Contact author: Kasey Jordan, jordankh@cofc.edu . The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
Climate change is real, present, and impacting the health of people across the world. Mitigation of further climate change is essential, but nurses must also promote adaptation to this new reality by incorporating climate-sensitive care into their day-to-day practice. This article describes key adaptation actions nurses can take to promote patient, organizational, and population health in the context of climate change. Suggestions for personal and professional disaster preparedness, as well as ways of applying the nursing process to climate adaptation in various arenas of practice are discussed. The outcomes of climate change are currently inequitable and severe. Nurses can transform their concern into action by promoting adaptation measures in all care settings.
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