Climate change is a significant threat to human health across the life cycle. Nurses play an important role in mitigation, adaptation, and resilience to climate change. The use of health care resources, air quality and extreme heat, mental health, and natural disasters are major content areas across undergraduate nursing curricula that influence or are influenced by climate change. leaching strategies and resources are offered to prepare nursing students to address climate change and human health.
1.Villanova Univ, Coll Nursing, Ctr Global & Publ Hlth, Villanova, PA 19085 USA 2.Naugatuck Valley Community Coll, Nursing, Waterbury, CT USA 3.Univ Massachusetts Dartmouth, N Dartmouth, MA USA 4.Prince Georges Community Coll, Nursing, Largo, MD USA