Abstract
The interconnectedness of human health and the earth has been central to nursing practice since Florence Nightingale. Drawing from Watson's theory of human caring and Shuster's (1990) conceptualization of earth caring, we articulate linkages between environmental concerns and caring for health of people globally. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set standards and targets for health worldwide. Using these goals as guidelines for global health nursing practice, we articulate specific environmental issues related to each of the MDGs. Poverty, hunger, education, toxic exposures in air, water, soil and climate change are all interrelated and a holistic earth caring approach is needed to heal the planet and assure human health.
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