Pediatric Nursing Students' Attitudes and Perception towards Climate Change and Sustainability

Background: Higher education plays a vital role in implementing the essential measures to stabilize the climate by 2050. Incorporating sustainable healthcare within the curriculum of healthcare professions is a crucial step to enhance awareness. Aim: to assess pediatric nursing students' attitudes and perception towards climate change and sustainability. Design: A cross-sectional study. Settings: This study was conducted at the faculty of nursing, Assiut University. Participants: A convenience sample of third-year undergraduate pediatric nursing students. Methods: Demographic and academic characteristics of the studied student’s questionnaire and Pediatric nursing students’ attitudes and perception structured questionnaire. Results: About two thirds of the pediatric nursing students had a satisfactory level of perception and the majority of them had positive attitudes in regard to sustainability and climate change. Conclusions: As a whole, nursing students are becoming more knowledgeable and optimistic about sustainability and climate change. Recommendations: Nursing programs should formally prepare students for environmental literacy by emphasizing the significance of promoting perception in regard to sustainability and climate change.