ORCID
- Warwick, Paul: 0000-0001-7792-6475
Abstract
In the face of global environmental changes threatening health, and despite increased calls for nurses to broker access to nature-based well-being interventions for people with mental health difficulties, there is a surprising absence of literature examining the nature–nursing relationship, inhibiting its inclusion within nursing curricula and practice. This critical interpretive synthesis supports the notion that nature immersion has the capacity to increase positive affect, reduce negative affect, provide restoration from everyday stress, promote meaning making, enhance belonging, and foster an interest in caring for the natural world. Yet, critical examination of the literature reveals multiple social and environmental inequalities and unmasks latent anthropocentric, gendered, and colonialist thinking, which threatens the delivery of equitable and just sustainable practice. Recommendations are made for a transdisciplinary, systemic approach, which recognizes and responds to our shared humanity and vulnerability inpursuit of planetary health
Publication Date
2023-01-03
Publication Title
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
Volume
32
Issue
3
ISSN
1445-8330
Organisational Unit
School of Nursing and Midwifery
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Recommended Citation
Howes, S., & Warwick, P. (2023) 'Creating equitable and sustainable opportunities for nature immersion to support restoration from stress in mental health nursing:', International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 32(3). Retrieved from https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/nm-research/572
