Publications
Bernstein, S.L. (2024). Effect of climate events on birth outcomes. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 49(4), 232, July/August, doi:10.1097/NMC.0000000000001014
Breakey, S., Hovey, D., Sipe, M., Nicholas, P.K. (2024). Health effects at the intersection of climate change and structural racism. Journal of Climate Change and Health. Epub ahead of print.
Bernhardt, J.M., Quinn, L., & Cox, R. (2024). The heat-related illness tool: A case study for populations at risk. Nursing Economic$, 42(2), 59-67. DOI: 10.62116/NEC.2024.42.2.59
Bernhardt, J.M., & Amiri, A. (2024). Application of the socioecological model to mitigate risks of heat illness. Nursing Outlook, 72(3), 102150. DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2024.102150
Dresser, C., Johns, Z., Palardy, A, McKinnon, S., Breakey, S., Viamonte, A., Nicholas, P. Workforce engagement to achieve a climate-ready healthcare system. (2024). The Milbank Quarterly, 24(102). doi: 10.1111/1468-0009.12687.
Breakey, S., Starodub, R., Nicholas, P.K., Wong, J. (2023). A cross-sectional study to assess faculty and student knowledge of climate change and health: Readiness for Curricular Integration. Journal of Advanced Nursing. http://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15729
White, B., Breakey, S., Brown, M., Fanuele, J., Tarbet, A., Nicholas, P.K., Ros, A.M.V (2023). Mental health impacts of climate change: An integrative review. Annals of Global Health, 89(1). doi: 10.5334/aogh.4105
Bernhardt, J., Breakey, S., Cox, R., Olayinka, T., Quinn, S., Simmonds, K., Atkin, K., Sipe, M., Nicholas, P.K. (2023). Development of a tool for assessment of climate change-related heat illness in the clinical setting. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 35(5), 291-298.
Evans, L.A., Bell, JG, Samost, M., Wolford, L.L., Sipe, M., Starodub, R., Belanger, B., Do, G., Donati, C., O’Brien, L., Nicholas, P.K. (2023). Health Consequences of Climate Change: Continuing Education Opportunities for Health Professionals in the United States. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 54(12), 561-566.
Atkin, K., Bernhardt, J.M., Olayinka, O., & Simmonds, K. (2023, Apr 6). Screening for Heat-related Illness in Pregnant People: Sample Case Study for Clinician Education. Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health. DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.13489.
Bernhardt, J., Breakey, S., Sipe, Nicholas, P.K. (2023). The future of nursing 2020-203: The critical role of nurses and nurse leaders in addressing the health impacts of climate change. JONA, 53(6), E1-3.
Simmonds, K.E., Jenkins, J., White, B., Nicholas, P.K., & Bell, J. (2022). Health impacts of climate change on gender diverse populations: A scoping review. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 54(1), 81-91.
McKinnon, S., Breakey, S., Fanuele, J., Kelly, D., Eddy, E., & Nicholas, P.K. Role of health professionals in addressing health consequences of climate change in interprofessional education. (2021). Journal Climate Change and Health. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2021.100086
Simmonds, K., Breakey, S., & Nicholas, P.K. (2021). Educating nurse practitioners about climate change, health, and climate justice. Journal of Nurse Practitioners, 19(4), 429-433. DOI: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2021.10.006
Nicholas, P.K., Breakey, S., Tagliareni, M.E., Simmonds, K., Sabo, K.K. (2021). Climate change and population health: Incorporating states of nursing’s political development. Nursing Outlook, 69(1), 65- 73.
Nicholas, P., Evans, L., Pusey-Reid, E. & Gona, C. (2021). The intersection of climate change and health: An explication of the future of nursing 2020-2030 and charting a path to achieve health equity. Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, 3(2), 10-17
Zang, S.M., Benjenk, I., Breakey, S., Pusey-Reid, E., Barone, L., & Nicholas, P.K. (2021). The intersection of climate change with COVID-19. Public Health Nursing. 38(2), 321-335
Nicholas, P.K., Breakey, S., Tagliareni, E., Simmonds, K, & Sabo, K. (2021). Climate change and the health of populations: Incorporating stages of nursing’s political development. Nursing Outlook. 69 (1), 65-73
Bernhardt, J.M., Sipe, M.H., O’Brien, L.B., Donati, C., Evans, L.A., Nicholas, P.K. (2023). Leadership in nursing education for advancing a school of nursing-led center for climate change, climate justice, and health. Journal of Nursing Education, 62(9), 528-531.
Sabo, K., Starodub, R., Smoller, S., Quinn, L., Kelly, D., Flaherty, K., Nicholas, P.K. (2022). Occupational heat stress: An overview for nurse practitioners. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 34(3), 597-603.
Breakey, S. & Nicholas, P.K. (2021). Hyperthermia and mental status changes in the elderly. In L. Neal-Boylan (Ed). The Family Nurse Practitioner: Clinical Case Studies (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Nicholas, P.K., Breakey, S., McKinnon, S., Zeman Eddy, E., Fanuele, J., & Starodub, R. (2020). CLIMATE: A framework for assessment of climate-change related health consequences in the emergency department. Journal of Emergency Nursing. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2020.10.002
Nicholas, P.K., Breakey, S., White, B., Brown, M.J., & Fanuele, J. (2020). Mental health impacts of climate change: Perspectives for the emergency department clinician. Journal of Emergency Room Nursing. 46(5), 590-599.
Nicholas, P.K., Breakey, S., & Blank, P. (2020). Nurse Practitioners’ Roles: Health Consequences of Climate Change in Older Adults. Journal for Nurse Practitioners. 16, 433-437.
Nicholas, P. & Breakey, S. (2019). The economics of climate change and the intersection with conflict, violence, and migration: Implications for the nursing profession. Nursing Economic$, 37(1), 23-34.
Nicholas, P.K., Rosa, W.E., Breakey, S. (2019). The imperative for climate action to protect health. [Letter to the Editor]. New England Journal of Medicine, 380(17), e29.
Lilienfeld, E., Nicholas, P., Breakey, S., Corless, I. (2018). Addressing climate change through a nursing lens within the framework of the SDGs: A scoping review. Nursing Outlook, 66(5), 482-494.
Nicholas, P. & Breakey, S. (2017). Climate change, climate justice, and environmental health: Implications for the nursing profession. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 49(6), 606-616. doi: 10.111/jnu.12326
Leffers, J., Levy, R.M., Nicholas, P.K., & Sweeney, C.F. (2017). Mandate for the nursing profession to address climate change through nursing education. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 49(6), 606-616.
Nicholas, P.K., Breakey, S., Winter, S., Pusey-Reid, E., Viamonte-Ros, A. (2015). Climate change, climate justice and environmental health. In S. Breakey, I. Corless, N. Meedzan, P.K. Nicholas (Eds). Global Health Nursing in the 21st Century (pp. 25-40). New York: Springer.
Books & Chapters
Breakey, S, Corless, IB, Meedzan, NL, Nicholas, PK, (Editors). Global Health Nursing in the 21st Century. New York: Springer Publishing Company (2015)
Breakey, S. & Evans, L. (2014). "Global health ethics." (pp 49-72).
Nicholas, P.K. & Breakey, S. (2014). "Global health and global nursing." (pp 3-24).
Nicholas, P.K., Breakey, S., Winter, S., Pusey-Reid, E., Viamonte-Ros, A. "Climate change, climate justice and environmental health." (pp 25-40).
Lewis-O’Connor, A., Conley, K., & Breakey, S. (2014). "Violence against women." (pp 193-210).
Meedzan, N., Nicholas, P.K., Breakey, S., Corless, I.B. (2014). "Access to clean water and the impact on global health: An interview with Gary White, CEO ad Cofounder, Water.org." (pp123-136).
Breakey, S., Nicholas, P., Winter, S., Meedzan, N., Corless., I.B. "Commentary to Health, human rights, and social justice: An interview with Paul Farmer and Sheila Davis." (pp 81-82).
Winter, S., Fulmer, H., Breakey, S., Nicholas, P.K. (2014). "Commentary to A Foundation for global health, The Lancet Report on Health Professions for a New Century: An interview with Dean Julio Frenk. "(pp 47-48).
