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Lisa Mihaly1, Linda Stephan, Denisse Porter
1Author Affiliations: Department of Family Healthcare Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (Mss Mihaly and Stephan); Mission Neighborhood Health Center, San Francisco, CA (Ms Porter); Family and Community Health, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (Ms McGuinness); Department of OB/Gyn, Penn Medicine, Philadelphia, PA (Ms McGuinness); and Nursing Department, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA (Dr Swartz).
Background:
Racism in education and clinical practice continues to impact health outcomes in the United States.
Problem:
Students and faculty at a large public university identified a gap in advanced practice nursing education and advocated for the creation of a course focused on structural racism and its impact on health outcomes.
Approach:
This article reviews the development of a course curriculum- Racism, Health Care, and Social Justice -focused on structural racism that was designed and implemented to address curricular gaps in a master's program. This course aligns with the updated AACN Essentials, which emphasize a need for structural competency in nursing practice.
Conclusions:
A single course can expand student understanding of racism in health care and the concepts of structural competency. Future nursing education should more extensively incorporate these concepts.
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