International Council of Nurses, Geneve, Switzerland.
Int Nurs Rev. 2023 Mar;70(1):7-9. doi: 10.1111/inr.12825. Epub 2023 Jan 17.
The aim of this article is to explore the role of nurses with regards to climate change and other humanitarian challenges.
The climate crisis facing our planet is not just about extreme weather events. To be properly understood and addressed, climate change should be recognised as a global public health emergency that needs urgent attention from governments everywhere.
In this article, International Council of Nurses (ICN) Chief Executive Officer Howard Catton discusses the links between climate change, nursing practice and advocacy. He argues that the crises the world faces, including those related to global warming, can be handled better if they are understood as public health crises, and that having nurses involved in policymaking at every level in society provides the best chance of individuals' health needs being met. Conclusion and Implications for Nursing and/or Health Policy: Nurses must be actively involved in policymaking that addresses the humanitarian and public health impact of climate change and natural and human-made disasters. Only half the world's countries have a government-level chief nursing officer who is able to represent the nursing profession at the highest levels of policymaking. This deficit should be corrected as soon as possible so that the voices of nurses are heard and respected, and patients everywhere can benefit from the direct input of nursing into all government policies that influence people's health and well-being.
本文旨在探讨护士在应对气候变化和其他人道主义挑战方面的作用。
我们所面临的气候危机不仅仅是极端天气事件。为了正确理解和应对这一危机，应将气候变化视为全球公共卫生紧急事件，需要各国政府给予紧急关注。
在本文中，国际护士理事会（ICN）首席执行官霍华德·卡顿（Howard Catton）讨论了气候变化、护理实践和宣传之间的联系。他认为，如果将世界所面临的危机，包括与全球变暖有关的危机，理解为公共卫生危机，那么这些危机就能得到更好的处理，而让护士参与到社会各个层面的决策制定中，为满足个人的健康需求提供了最好的机会。
对护理和/或卫生政策的结论和影响：护士必须积极参与决策制定，以应对气候变化以及自然和人为灾害对人道主义和公共卫生的影响。只有一半的国家有政府级别的首席护理官，能够在最高决策层面代表护理行业。这一缺陷应尽快纠正，以便让护士的声音得到倾听和尊重，世界各地的患者都能从护理直接参与影响人们健康和福祉的所有政府政策中受益。
