"We need a toolkit": A response to nursing students and educators' viewpoints on promoting social justice nursing...

Nursing education programs do not often prepare students for social justice responsibilities in their practice.

To explore ways of promoting social justice nursing practice.

Constructivist grounded theory research design guided the purposive sampling of nursing students (n = 11) and nurse educators (n = 11), at a Nursing University, to participate in interviews and focus groups, and for coding data analysis.

Research participants suggested the need for a toolkit to promote social justice nursing practice. A toolkit of Awareness for Social Justice Action proposed in this study has the potential to promote social justice nursing practices, informed by critical thinking, critical pedagogy, and servant leadership.

This study demonstrates the necessity of pursuing learning, teaching, and leadership for actualizing ever-present, albeit equivocal nursing interest in social justice.