Climate Change and Nursing, Online teaching 13.1.–31.7.2025 (5cr)
Code: C-02535-NS-4-001-r2
General information
- Enrollment
- 31.12.2024 - 12.01.2025
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 13.01.2025 - 31.07.2025
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Institution
- Arcada University of Applied Sciences
- Teaching languages
- English
- Course
- C-02535-NS-4-001
Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization Climate Change and Nursing, Online teaching 13.1.–31.7.2025 C-02535-NS-4-001-r2. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.
Objective
Competencies in focus At the end of the course the student will-Have awareness of how climate change impacts ourhealth-Be able to describe the impacts of climate changeon human health-Identify opportunities for nurses to engage inaction and advocacy to move climate solutionsforward Learning outcomes At the end of the course the students will be ableto:-Assess the seriousness and urgency ofclimate change-Recognize the main effects of climatechange, their implications for our present andfuture lives.-Identify the causes of these changes andthe key processes that determine their effects-Identify the critical required actions, ona personal, national and global level-Define key concepts related to climatechange-Identify the major risks associated withhuman-induced climate change-Recognize the actions we need to take
Content
Course contents The course is 100% on-line.It consists of the Introduction and four Modules.The themes are:1. Climate and climate change2. Nutrition3. Global and Public health4. Health and diseasesIn this course there are TedTalks, a recordedwebinar, scientific articles, books, blogs and twoon-line web-based courses about Climate Challenge.
Qualifications
Prerequisites and co-requisites -Curiosity and concern for our planet and howclimate change challenges are affecting our health-The course can be taken as extension studies withinan Arcada Nursing degree program