Relationship of sustainable development goals, holistic nursing competence, and social justice advocacy role in public health nurses

• Published in: Public health Nursing 2024-11, Vol.41 (6), p.1535-1543
• Main Authors: Karatana, Özlem, Karaman, Mesut
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Advocacy; Attitude of Health Personnel; Attitudes; Clinical Competence - standards; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Goals; Holistic Nursing; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nurse's Role; Nurses; Nurses, Public Health; Nursing; Patient Advocacy; Public health; public health nurses; Public Health Nursing; Social Justice; social justice advocacy; Statistical analysis; Surveys and Questionnaires; Sustainability; Sustainable Development; sustainable development goals
• ISSN: 0737-1209; 1525-1446; 1525-1446
• DOI: 10.1111/phn.13418

Objective This study was conducted to examine the relationship between public health nurses' holistic nursing and social justice advocacy competencies in terms of their attitudes toward sustainable development goals. Design Cross‐sectional survey. Sample The study sample consisted of 384 public health nurses. Measurements Data were collected with the personal information form, the Attitudes toward Sustainable Development Scale, the Holistic Nursing Competence Scale, and the Social Justice Advocacy Scale. Results The sub‐dimensions of environment, public, education, and economy were found to significantly affect social justice advocacy, and the indirect effects of 0.191, 0.222, 0.205, and 0.201 were found to be statistically significant with the inclusion of holistic nursing competence in the model, respectively. It was found to explain 32%, 30%, 29%, and 22% of the total effect, respectively. Conclusion It supports the claim that developing public health nurses' holistic nursing competence and social justice advocacy skills is an important criterion for achieving sustainable development goals.