Context for Practice:Nurses are informed about the interconnectedness between nature (e.g., human beings, plants, animal species and non-living entities) and the health of human beings and the planet. Nurses understand the importance of Indigenous knowledge related to the protection of the environment and adopt a planetary health lens into their practice.
| Ethical Responsibilities: Nurses promote planetary health as essential to the global health and well-being of all living and non-living elements of nature by |
| 5.3.1 |
recognizing the rights of nature and the planet and safeguarding the environment for the good of and survival of nature and human beings; |
| 5.3.2 |
becoming informed about the disproportionate impact that climate change and other environmental changes (e.g., pollution, biodiversity loss, ecosystem disruptions) have on distinct populations (e.g., children, older adults, women, Indigenous communities, racialized and other equity-deserving populations, and on people with varying abilities/disabilities); |
| 5.3.3 |
educating individuals, groups and communities on the inter-relationship between health and the environment; |
| 5.3.4 |
learning about Indigenous governance, knowledge, practices and ways of knowing in the protection of the land, air, water and ice, plants and animals; and |
| 5.3.5 |
adopting a planetary health lens (informed by Indigenous knowledge of the interconnectedness of people with the natural world) into practice. |