Othman Ahmed Abdellah, Abdelall Hanan Abdelrazik, Ali Hind Ismail
Department of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing, Sohag University, Sohag City, Egypt.
Department of Nursing Sciences, Collage of Medical Applied Sciences in Wadi El Dawasir, Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz University, Wadi Addawasir, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
BMC Nurs. 2025 Apr 30;24(1):475. doi: 10.1186/s12912-025-02987-0.
Unless prompt measures are taken, healthcare will continue to exacerbate climate change and its effects while also driving up global demand for care. Nurses are in an optimal position to take on sustainability initiatives because they serve as the main healthcare providers. Due to this, nurses need to be ready for their role in sustainable development. This study aimed to enhance nurses' sustainability consciousness and assess the effect of that on their green behavior intention and green advocacy and assesses the mediating role of green behavior intention between sustainability consciousness and green advocacy.
A quasi-experimental research design was adopted to examine the effect of researcher intervention and to investigate causal relationships among study variables at Sohag University Hospitals The study sample consisted of 114 nurses who were invited to be recruited voluntarily in the study. Data were collected using three scales that involved a sustainability consciousness scale, a green behavioral intention scale, and a green advocacy scale. The collected data was analyzed by SPSS 26.0 using number and percent (N %), mean and standard deviation (mean, SD), independent t-test, paired t-test, and PROCESS macro technique, and two groups were formulated.??
A statistically significant difference in the mean scores of sustainability consciousness (103.76 ± 21.81 VS 71.63 ± 22.31), green advocacy (11.50 ± 2.057 VS 8.16 ± 2.37), and green behavioral intention (12.315 ± 2.366 VS 7.08 ± 2.665) was observed between participants nurses in both the intervention and control group (P = 0.000).
Enhancing nurses' sustainability consciousness improves their green behavior intention and green advocacy. Green behavior intention plays a strong mediator role between sustainability consciousness and green advocacy. The study proves that the adoption of sustainability consciousness (SC) will raise a generation of nurses who are sufficiently aware of environmentally sustainable actions. Along the same line, Hospital managers should set strategies to raise healthcare providers' awareness of sustainability issues and environmentally friendly practices.
除非立即采取措施，医疗保健将继续加剧气候变化及其影响，同时还会推高全球医疗需求。护士处于开展可持续发展倡议的最佳位置，因为他们是主要的医疗服务提供者。因此，护士需要为其在可持续发展中的角色做好准备。本研究旨在提高护士的可持续发展意识，并评估其对护士绿色行为意图和绿色倡导的影响，同时评估绿色行为意图在可持续发展意识和绿色倡导之间的中介作用。
采用准实验研究设计来检验研究者干预的效果，并调查索哈杰大学医院研究变量之间的因果关系。研究样本包括114名护士，他们被邀请自愿参与该研究。使用三个量表收集数据，分别是可持续发展意识量表、绿色行为意图量表和绿色倡导量表。使用SPSS 26.0对收集到的数据进行分析，分析方法包括频数和百分比（N%）、均值和标准差（均值，SD）、独立样本t检验、配对样本t检验以及PROCESS宏技术，并形成了两组。
干预组和对照组的护士参与者在可持续发展意识（103.76±21.81对71.63±22.31）、绿色倡导（11.50±2.057对8.16±2.37）和绿色行为意图（12.315±2.366对7.08±2.665）的平均得分上存在统计学显著差异（P = 0.000）。
提高护士的可持续发展意识可改善他们的绿色行为意图和绿色倡导。绿色行为意图在可持续发展意识和绿色倡导之间起着强大的中介作用。该研究证明，采用可持续发展意识（SC）将培养出一代充分意识到环境可持续行动的护士。同样，医院管理者应制定策略，提高医疗服务提供者对可持续发展问题和环保做法的认识。
