4E: Teaching Planetary Health Through Caring Science: A Caritas Framework for Nurse Educators

Thursday, September 24 |  9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Nursing education must evolve as environmental decline and inequities drive new health challenges. Integrating Caring Science and Planetary Health provides an ethical, relational, and ecological foundation for Environmental Caring. This framework equips nurses to lead systems-level change. The authors present a crosswalk to guide educators, practitioners, and policymakers.

Presenters: 

Carol Ziegler, FNP-C, APHN-BC, DNP | Vanderbilt School of Nursing

Gloria Littlemouse, PhD, RN, MSN-ED | Vanderbilt University School of Nursing