Nursing and Environmental Health

Nursing and Environmental Health: Greening the Health System

This component of the Nursing and Environmental Health project includes a background paper, a video and an educational module.

Background paper: The Role of Nurses in Greening the Health System

This background paper, available as a PDF, provides information on the health system’s use of energy and toxic substances, as well as its generation of waste. It also offers ideas about what nurses can do to decrease the environmental impact of hospitals and other health-care facilities. 

Video: The Role of Nurses in Greening the Health System

This three-minute video provides examples of what nurses have done to green the health system. 

Educational module: The Role of Nurses in Greening the Health Care System

This educational module includes objectives, a reading list and a PowerPoint presentation on nurses’ role in greening the health system. It could be used by educators in nursing programs or in continuing education sessions.

• Objectives and reading list
• PowerPoint presentation - Choose Save to download this presentation to your desktop.