Sustainable Nursing

Climate change is the single most devastating crisis affecting humanity. Health systems across the globe produce vast quantities of waste, adhering to wasteful practices that could easily, with the will and motivation, be modified to make a real difference in the move to sustainable practice. There are approximately 28 million nurses and midwives internationally, impacting all of our populations' lives from cradle to grave. As such, nurses and midwives have a unique opportunity to influence our population to limit the impact of climate change and alter the trajectory of our planet. This unique and first book in this area will equip nurses and midwives to understand the public health impact of climate change and provide them with the tools to actively lead change across our health systems. Editors Lucy Brown and Dr Emma Pascale- Blakey are leaders in the emerging field of clinical sustainability. As well as being clinicians themselves, they have direct experience of designing, developing and implementing change across systems and health care settings. For this exciting new title, they have called on their wide and international network to contribute a range of contributions that cover all aspects of sustainable nursing.