Non-Stop Course: Climate change and nursing

  • Price
    75 € + 0% VAT
  • Delivery method
    Online
  • Language
    English
  • Scope
    5 ECTS
  • Course dates
  • Last application date
  • Entry requirements
    This course is aimed at nurses, nurse student and other healthcare personnel

As our climate is changing, so is the need for sufficient knowledge in how it affects our healthcare system. In this course we will look at the climate challenges especially through a nurses eyes.

As nurses, we want to provide the best level of care for our patients.

Working together - to not only reduce our own impact on the environment, but also to prepare the healthcare system for the future and to build resilience - will help keep our patients safe in the future and reduce current health risks.

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will:

  • Have awareness of how climate change impacts our health
  • Be able to describe the impacts of climate change on human health
  • Identify opportunities for nurses to engage in action and advocacy to move climate solutions forward
  • Assess the seriousness and urgency of climate change
  • Recognize the main effects of climate change, their implications for our present and future lives.
  • Identify the causes of these changes and the key processes that determine their effects
  • Identify the critical required actions, on a personal, national and global level
  • Define key concepts related to climate change
  • Identify the major risks associated with human-induced climate change
  • Recognize the actions we need to take

The course is 100% on-line, non-stop, that you do at your own pace.

It consists of the introduction and four modules. The themes of the modules are:

  1. Climate and climate change
  2. Nutrition
  3. Global and Public health
  4. Health and diseases

The modules are worth 1-2 ECTS. The workload of 1 ECTS is approx. 27 hours. In order to get the certificate for 5 ECTS you need to complete all modules and pass the quizzes.

In this course there are TedTalks, a recorded webinar, scientific articles, books, blogs and two on-line web-based courses about Climate Challenge.

The course is graded as pass / fail. To pass this course the student needs to:

  • Successfully complete the two on-line courses in Module 2
  • Pass the three quizzes

We go through applications 1-2/week.