St. Catherine University’s Nursing Department partnered with the national Nurses Climate Challenge campaign to educate its nursing students about the impact of climate change on patient health.

The Nurses Climate Challenge aims to educate 50,000 health professionals on the subject by 2022, St. Catherine University reported on its website. Other schools involved in the program include Columbia University, Duke University and New York University.

“We are very excited to partner with Nurses Climate Challenge," Laura Fero, RN, dean of Nursing at St. Catherine, said, the website reported.

Fero said part of the university's mission is to educate and transform the world.

"We engage deeply with our global and local community partners in order to improve the health of all people without distinction and prepare students with a particular focus on cultural fluency, interprofessional collaborative practice, and ecologic approaches to health,” Fero said, the website reported. “Climate change is influencing overall health outcomes, especially for those most vulnerable and it is necessary for our nursing students and faculty at all levels to understand and influence these outcomes.”