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DOI	10.1186/s12912-024-01895-z
	The environmental awareness of nurses as environmentally sustainable health care leaders: a mixed method analysis
	Luque-Alcaraz, Olga Maria; Aparicio-Martinez, Pilar; Gomera, Antonio; Vaquero-Abellan, Manuel
发表日期	2024
ISSN	1472-6955
起始页码	23
结束页码	1
卷号	23 期号:1
英文摘要	Background People worldwide are concerned with the possibility of climate change, microplastics, air pollution, and extreme weather affecting human health. Countries are implementing measures to reduce environmental impacts. Nurses play a vital role, primarily through Green Teams, in the process of promoting sustainable practices and minimizing the environmental footprint of health care facilities. Despite existing knowledge on this topic, assessing nurses' environmental awareness and behavior, including the barriers they face, is crucial with regard to improving sustainable health care practices. Aim To analyze the environmental awareness and behavior of nurses, especially nurse leaders, as members of the Green Team and to identify areas for improvement with regard to the creation of a sustainable environment. Methods A sequential mixed-method study was conducted to investigate Spanish nurses. The study utilized an online survey and interviews, including participant observation. An online survey was administered to collect quantitative data regarding environmental awareness and behavior. Qualitative interviews were conducted with environmental nurses in specific regions, with a focus on Andalusia, Spain. Results Most of the surveyed nurses (N = 314) exhibited moderate environmental awareness (70.4%), but their environmental behavior and activities in the workplace were limited (52.23% of participants rarely performed relevant actions, and 35.03% indicated that doing so was difficult). Nurses who exhibited higher levels of environmental awareness were more likely to engage in sustainable behaviors such as waste reduction, energy conservation, and environmentally conscious purchasing decisions (p < 0.05). Additionally, the adjusted model indicated that nurses' environmental behavior and activities in the workplace depend on the frequency of their environmental behaviors outside work as well as their sustainable knowledge (p < 0.01). The results of the qualitative study (N = 10) highlighted certain limitations in their daily practices related to environmental sustainability, including a lack of time, a lack of bins and the pandemic. Additionally, sustainable environmental behavior on the part of nursing leadership and the Green Team must be improved. Conclusions This study revealed that most nurses have adequate knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to environmental sustainability both inside and outside the workplace. Limitations were associated with their knowledge and behaviors outside of work. This study also highlighted the barriers and difficulties that nurses face in their attempts to engage in adequate environmental behaviors in the workplace. Based on these findings, interventions led by nurses and the Green Team should be developed to promote sustainable behaviors among nurses and address the barriers and limitations identified in this research.
英文关键词	Nurses; Environmental health; Attitude of health personnel; Sustainable development; Health Knowledge, attitudes, and practices; Organizational Culture; Leadership
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Nursing
WOS类目	Nursing
WOS记录号	WOS:001197262900001
来源期刊	BMC NURSING
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/293031
作者单位	Universidad de Cordoba; Universidad de Cordoba
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Luque-Alcaraz, Olga Maria,Aparicio-Martinez, Pilar,Gomera, Antonio,et al. The environmental awareness of nurses as environmentally sustainable health care leaders: a mixed method analysis[J],2024,23(1).
APA	Luque-Alcaraz, Olga Maria,Aparicio-Martinez, Pilar,Gomera, Antonio,&Vaquero-Abellan, Manuel.(2024).The environmental awareness of nurses as environmentally sustainable health care leaders: a mixed method analysis.BMC NURSING,23(1).
MLA	Luque-Alcaraz, Olga Maria,et al."The environmental awareness of nurses as environmentally sustainable health care leaders: a mixed method analysis".BMC NURSING 23.1(2024).