{"id":7823,"date":"2026-04-25T17:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/?p=7823"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T15:57:15","slug":"how-sustainability-education-transforms-nursing-students-attitudes-towards-climate-change-and-environmental-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/how-sustainability-education-transforms-nursing-students-attitudes-towards-climate-change-and-environmental-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"How sustainability education transforms nursing students&#8217; attitudes towards climate change and environmental awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a world moving rapidly towards a more sustainable future, education for sustainable healthcare must be present in the curricula of the health professions. Including sustainability competencies from the beginning of nursing education is essential to highlight its importance and applicability in the field. Our study aimed to investigate how an educational intervention on sustainability in higher education can change nursing students&#8217; attitudes towards sustainability and climate change, as well as increase their environmental awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between September 2019 and May 2023, we conducted research in which we introduced nursing students to sustainability and climate change issues through the use of scenario-based learning and augmented reality. The results showed that this educational intervention was effective in significantly improving students&#8217; attitudes towards sustainability and climate change, and their environmental awareness. However, students found it difficult to apply this knowledge in real clinical practice. This study highlights the importance of integrating sustainability into the nursing curriculum, demonstrating that it can drive positive changes in healthcare practice and society at large, preparing future professionals to implement sustainable practices that deliver smarter, more climate-friendly healthcare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00c1lvarez-Nieto C,&nbsp;Parra-Anguita L,&nbsp;\u00c1lvarez-Garc\u00eda C,&nbsp;Montoro Ramirez EM,&nbsp;L\u00f3pez-Franco MD,&nbsp;Sanz-Martos S,&nbsp;L\u00f3pez Medina IM (2024), &#8220;Sustainability education in nursing degree for climate-smart healthcare: a quasi-experimental study&#8221;.&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education<\/em>, Vol. 25 No. 9 pp. 278\u2013292, doi:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/IJSHE-01-2024-0061\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/IJSHE-01-2024-0061<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world moving rapidly towards a more sustainable future, education for sustainable healthcare must be present in the curricula of the health professions. Including sustainability competencies from the beginning of nursing education is essential &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"How sustainability education transforms nursing students&#8217; attitudes towards climate change and environmental awareness\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/how-sustainability-education-transforms-nursing-students-attitudes-towards-climate-change-and-environmental-awareness\/#more-7823\" aria-label=\"Read more about How sustainability education transforms nursing students&#8217; attitudes towards climate change and environmental awareness\">Leer m\u00e1s &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7824,"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7823\/revisions\/7824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cuidsalud.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}