Ostwald, Bridgette (2021) Nursing Students Attitudes Towards Climate Change. Honours thesis, University of Southern Queensland. (Unpublished)
Abstract
Climate change represents a physical, psychological and an existential threat. The health impacts from climate change have been well-documented, consisting of higher disease transmission resulting from increased temperature. This will also be increases in mental health problems due to prolonged drought and displacement due to extreme weather events. Nurses will be required to take a more active role within the healthcare industry through increased awareness and knowledge of climate change impacts. This study assessed nursing students’ attitudes towards climate change and its relationship with critical thinking and locality. The hypothesis and research question for the study are as follows: High levels of critical thinking in nursing students will have more favorable attitudes towards climate change. Attitudes towards climate change will differ between rural and urban nursing students. A cross-sectional, convivence sample of University of Southern Queensland (USQ) nursing students completed an all-online survey consisting of the Critical Thinking Disposition Scale (CTDS) and Sustainability Attitudes Nursing Survey (SANS-II), together with self-report measures of nursing student’s climate change perceptions. Results indicated non-significant relationship between nursing students attitudes towards climate change and locality and a significant relationship between nursing students attitudes towards climate change and critical thinking level (moderate, high). These findings support the need to strengthen the education of climate change and sustainability in the nursing curriculum. Including environmental sustainability practices in nursing education will help student nurses Key words: Critical thinking, climate change, attitudes, undergraduate, nursing.
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| Item Type: | Thesis (Non-Research) (Honours) |
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| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Psychology and Counselling (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Supervisors: | Gavin Beccaria |
| Qualification: | Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2025 23:39 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2025 23:39 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | critical thinking ; climate change ; attitudes ; undergraduate ; nursing |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 1799 Other Psychology and Cognitive Sciences > 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5299 Other psychology > 529999 Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
| URI: | https://sear.unisq.edu.au/id/eprint/52641 |
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