Objective: To analyze the current scientific knowledge and research lines focused on environmentally sustainable health systems, including the role of nurses. Background: There seem to be differences between creating interventions focused on environmentally sustainable health systems, including nurses, and the scarcity of research on this topic, framed on the Sustainable Development Goals. Methods: A bibliometric analysis was carried out, via three databases (Web of Science, Scopus, and Pubmed), and the guideline recommendations were followed to select bibliometric data. Results: The search resulted in 159 publications, significantly increasing the trends from 2017 to 2021 (p=0.028). The most relevant countries in this area were the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and Sweden. Also, the top articles were from relevant journals, indexed in Journal Citation Report, and the first and the second quartile linked to the nursing field and citations (p<0.001). Conclusion: Education is key to achieving environmentally sustainable health systems via institutions and policies. Implications for nursing management: There is a lack of experimental data and policies on achieving or maintaining environmentally sustainable health care systems, indicating that nurses have an important role and should be consulted and included in decision-making policies regarding sustainability in the healthcare systems.

翻译：目的：分析当前关于环境可持续卫生系统的科学知识与研究方向，包括护士的作用。背景：在制定聚焦于环境可持续卫生系统（包括护士在内）的干预措施，与围绕可持续性发展目标的该主题研究稀缺性之间，似乎存在差异。方法：通过三个数据库（Web of Science、Scopus和Pubmed）进行文献计量分析，并遵循指南建议选取文献计量数据。结果：检索共获得159篇出版物，2017年至2021年间发表趋势显著上升（p=0.028）。该领域研究最活跃的国家为美国、英国和瑞典。此外，高影响力论文均发表于《期刊引证报告》收录的权威期刊，且处于护理学领域引用排名前两位的四分位数区间（p<0.001）。结论：通过机构与政策开展教育是实现环境可持续卫生系统的关键。对护理管理的启示：目前关于实现或维护环境可持续卫生系统的实验数据与政策存在缺口，提示护士应发挥重要作用，需被纳入卫生系统可持续性决策的咨询与制定过程。