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Nurses are essential in patient care, upholding the ethical principles of their profession and effectively navigating ethical dilemmas. Neglecting ethical issues can lead to inadequate patient care, compromised therapeutic relationships, and moral distress among healthcare workers.
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Understanding Racism as a Historical Trauma That Remains Today: Implications for the Nursing Profession.

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Nurses must understand the history of race and white supremacy to promote health equity. Antiracism education and personal self-work are crucial for dismantling systemic racism in healthcare.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Nursing Ethics
Health Equity
Social Justice

Background:

The nursing profession's commitment to health equity and human rights necessitates understanding the historical construction of race and white supremacy in the U.S.
Persistent racial terror and brutality against Black and Brown populations underscore the need for this historical context.
Limited racial diversity within nursing highlights a critical gap in addressing systemic inequities.

Purpose of the Study:

To advocate for antiracism education within the nursing profession at all levels.
To present actionable strategies for nurses to dismantle racism, starting with personal-level initiatives.
To connect historical understanding of race and racism to contemporary health disparities and ethical practice.

Main Methods:

Historical analysis of race, white supremacy, and racialized violence in the U.S.
Examination of the nursing profession's diversity and its implications for health equity.
Presentation of personal-level antiracism actions for nurses.

Main Results:

Antiracism education is essential for nursing students, providers, educators, administrators, and researchers.
Understanding antiblack racism as historical trauma is key to addressing current biases in healthcare systems.
Personal self-work is identified as the foundational step for nurses in dismantling racism.

Conclusions:

Dismantling racism in nursing requires a commitment to antiracist ideology and social justice.
Nurses must engage in self-reflection and education to combat bias within healthcare systems.
Implementing personal-level antiracism actions is critical for advancing health equity and upholding nursing's ethical mandate.