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Rooting Out White Supremacy and Implementing Antiracism in Nursing Education
Creative Nursing
|February 12, 2021
Summary
Addressing racism in nursing education is crucial. Avoiding this topic perpetuates health disparities, but nursing programs can train faculty and students to dismantle oppressive systems and promote health equity.
Area of Science:
- Nursing Education
- Public Health
- Social Justice
Background:
- Racism, White privilege, and racial inequities are deeply embedded in societal structures, posing challenges for nurse educators and students.
- Avoiding discussions on racism in nursing education allows White supremacy to remain invisible, perpetuating discrimination and health disparities.
- Nursing education holds significant potential to equip future healthcare professionals to identify and dismantle oppressive systems.
Purpose of the Study:
- To highlight the challenges and necessity of discussing racism in nursing education.
- To emphasize the role of nursing education in combating White supremacy and promoting health equity.
- To advocate for equipping nurse educators with tools to address racism and foster antiracist practices.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative analysis of existing literature on racism in nursing education.
- Exploration of the impact of White supremacy on healthcare outcomes.
- Identification of strategies for incorporating antiracism into nursing curricula.
Main Results:
- Discussions on racism are often avoided due to societal normalization of White privilege and inequities.
- Failure to address racism in education perpetuates discrimination and health disparities.
- Nursing education can be a powerful tool for dismantling oppressive structures.
Conclusions:
- Integrating discussions on racism, White supremacy, and antiracist practices is essential in nursing education.
- Nurse educators need training to effectively address these topics with students.
- Promoting antiracist language, self-care, and patient care is vital for health equity and an antiracist society.
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