TY - JOUR
T1 - Creating a Generation of Sustainable Nurses
T2 - Sustainability Efforts in Nursing Education
AU - Kitt-Lewis, Erin
AU - Adam, Marianne
AU - Buckland, Peter
AU - Clark, Darlene
AU - Hockenberry, Kristal
AU - Jankura, Diane
AU - Knott, Janet
N1 - Funding Information:
Take Back Penn State is an initiative to deliver evidence-based education to the university community on the safe and responsible disposable of expired and unwanted medications. The goal of the project is 2-fold: to involve undergraduate and graduate students in raising awareness about the potential threats this problem has to the community, and to better understand the problem of unwanted/expired medications on the Penn State community. This project was inspired by the Department of Drug Enforcement Administration National Prescription Take Back Program. The Take Back Penn State team includes 1 graduate student, 3 undergraduate students, an instructional designer, a librarian, a police officer, and 2 nursing faculty members. The intended outcomes are to create evidence-based educational modules/presentations, develop a Web site, and educate students (n = 500) and employees (n = 500). Before the education initiative, a Qualtrics survey will be sent to all campus e-mail recipients asking employees and students about their medication disposal behaviors and knowledge. The educational program will take place over the fall semester. The same survey will be sent out at the end of the semester and compared with the previous survey.
Funding Information:
The authors have no commercial or financial conflicts of interest. Funding was received from the Sustainability Institute at Penn State for the Nursing Simulation Laboratory Recycling of Medical Waste and Organic Composting Program. Funding was received from the Penn State College of Nursing for the 3 sustainability projects: Take Back Penn State, Lion Pantry, and Sustainable Filtered Water Alternatives: Local to Global Effects.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - Emerging nurse leaders are not adequately prepared to handle the pervasive health care problems and threats related to the changing environment. Nurse educators prepare nurses for an extensive variety of roles and responsibilities necessary to meet the health care needs of society. The Penn State College of Nursing implemented several initiatives to support environmental sustainability within the college and nursing education. The inclusion of environmental sustainability in nursing education is foundational if students are to become informed members and emerging leaders of a broader health care team, advocates for conscientious and ethical resource use, and contributors to improved patient outcomes.
AB - Emerging nurse leaders are not adequately prepared to handle the pervasive health care problems and threats related to the changing environment. Nurse educators prepare nurses for an extensive variety of roles and responsibilities necessary to meet the health care needs of society. The Penn State College of Nursing implemented several initiatives to support environmental sustainability within the college and nursing education. The inclusion of environmental sustainability in nursing education is foundational if students are to become informed members and emerging leaders of a broader health care team, advocates for conscientious and ethical resource use, and contributors to improved patient outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cnur.2019.10.001
DO - 10.1016/j.cnur.2019.10.001
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32005358
AN - SCOPUS:85076551533
SN - 0029-6465
VL - 55
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Nursing Clinics of North America
JF - Nursing Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -