Embedding race equality into nursing programmes: Hearing the student voice

Abstract

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Addressing implicit racial bias: do they affect nursing education?

“…While with time, the BME representation within the NHS has increased, reaching nearly 20% in 2019, there is still a dreadful lack of diversity in more senior roles 5. Similarly, in 2018 in the UK, there were only six black nursing professors 6. To overcome institutional racism that is ingrained in the British system, BME presence in academia and clinical senior roles is crucial 6.…”

“…Similarly, in 2018 in the UK, there were only six black nursing professors 6. To overcome institutional racism that is ingrained in the British system, BME presence in academia and clinical senior roles is crucial 6. Racial disparities in medical experience and care delivery are largely a result of the under-representation of minorities in any healthcare curricula 3 4 6.…”

“…To overcome institutional racism that is ingrained in the British system, BME presence in academia and clinical senior roles is crucial 6. Racial disparities in medical experience and care delivery are largely a result of the under-representation of minorities in any healthcare curricula 3 4 6. In fact, if minorities are under-represented in the system nurses work in, and more inclusive education is not prioritised, how can healthcare professionals provide fair treatment and learn to overcome implicit or conscious racial bias?…”

“…In fact, if minorities are under-represented in the system nurses work in, and more inclusive education is not prioritised, how can healthcare professionals provide fair treatment and learn to overcome implicit or conscious racial bias? Delivering bias-free healthcare may be achieved by increasing awareness of the racial disparities in healthcare education and, possibly, by overcoming them via more focused experience with minority populations, targeted training and implementation of BME role models within the system 3 6…”