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Association between eco-anxiety and mental health difficulties among student nurses has implications for nurse education during a climate emergency
  1. Ben Parkinson1,
  2. Madeleine Johnston2
  1. 1Nursing and Community Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
  2. 2School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Ben Parkinson; ben.parkinson{at}gcu.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104096

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    Commentary on: Er S, Murat M, Ata EE, Kose S, Buzlu S. Nursing student’s mental health: How does eco-anxiety effect? Int J Mental Health Nurs. 2024;00:1-12.

    Implications for practice and research

    • Nurse educators should be aware of eco-anxiety and think about the impact of climate change on nursing students.

    • Nurse researchers should investigate ways of supporting nursing students affected by eco-anxiety and develop strategies to promote student learning during a climate emergency.

    Context

    Climate change is causing a global climate emergency, which is increasingly seen as a major problem for global health concern.1 Climate change has far-reaching consequences for society and can impact our mental health.2 Eco-anxiety is the fear of an environmental catastrophe and is associated with symptoms of stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia and trauma.3 Nurses are exposed to the negative impact of climate change through dealing directly with the …

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    • Competing interests Ben Parkinson is the Deputy Editor with EBN.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.