TY - JOUR
T1 - Exploring Race in Nursing
T2 - Teaching Nursing Students about Racial Inequality Using the Historical Lens
AU - Bennett, Carole
AU - Hamilton, Ellen K.
AU - Rochani, Haresh
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, American Nurses Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Discussing racial inequalities is challenging for nursing faculty and students of all races. Faculty report feeling inadequately prepared to systematically address this topic within clinical and classroom learning environments. This article reports student attitudes of race and health following a case study discussion of racial inequalities present in nursing and healthcare in Charleston, South Carolina between the years of 1883 to 2016. Forty-two students completed a 10-item visual analog scale (VAS) measuring their level of agreement regarding the issues of race and health before and after a classroom lecture. Most students reported an increase in racial tolerance following the lecture. A few students, however, indicated a decrease in racial tolerance following the lecture. Strategies for integrating the curriculum with learning experiences regarding issues of race are discussed.
AB - Discussing racial inequalities is challenging for nursing faculty and students of all races. Faculty report feeling inadequately prepared to systematically address this topic within clinical and classroom learning environments. This article reports student attitudes of race and health following a case study discussion of racial inequalities present in nursing and healthcare in Charleston, South Carolina between the years of 1883 to 2016. Forty-two students completed a 10-item visual analog scale (VAS) measuring their level of agreement regarding the issues of race and health before and after a classroom lecture. Most students reported an increase in racial tolerance following the lecture. A few students, however, indicated a decrease in racial tolerance following the lecture. Strategies for integrating the curriculum with learning experiences regarding issues of race are discussed.
KW - Critical Race Theory
KW - History of nursing
KW - classroom strategies for teaching race
KW - minority nursing faculty
KW - minority nursing students
KW - race and nursing education
KW - racism
KW - social justice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089478643&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3912/OJIN.Vol24No02PPT20
DO - 10.3912/OJIN.Vol24No02PPT20
M3 - Article
SN - 1091-3734
VL - 24
JO - Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
JF - Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
IS - 2
ER -