Operationalizing Anti-Racism Accountability with Equitable Admissions in Nursing Education Accreditation
For decades, health professional organizations have recommended increased diversity in the workforce and education. To address persistent inequities in health care, the racial composition of the nursing workforce needs be congruent with the U.S. population. Without first addressing structural inequi...
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Mary Ann Liebert
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| author | Alicia Swartz Denise Dawkins Claire Valderama-Wallace Michelle DeCoux Hampton |
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| description | For decades, health professional organizations have recommended increased diversity in the workforce and education. To address persistent inequities in health care, the racial composition of the nursing workforce needs be congruent with the U.S. population. Without first addressing structural inequity in nursing education programs, the nursing profession cannot begin to address structural racism in health care. The lack of nursing student diversity is reflective of barriers in program admissions. This article is a call to nursing accreditation bodies to operationalize anti-racism to improve U.S. nursing workforce diversity by introducing accountability structures that require evidence-based holistic admission review and analysis of admission data to ensure that student cohorts are diverse across nursing programs, thereby ensuring a future workforce that reflects the diversity of the U.S. population. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7fe8999d5e9a4611935d50b6fd1145f22024-02-29T04:00:26ZengMary Ann LiebertHealth Equity2473-12422024-02-018112813110.1089/HEQ.2023.0099Operationalizing Anti-Racism Accountability with Equitable Admissions in Nursing Education AccreditationAlicia SwartzDenise DawkinsClaire Valderama-WallaceMichelle DeCoux HamptonFor decades, health professional organizations have recommended increased diversity in the workforce and education. To address persistent inequities in health care, the racial composition of the nursing workforce needs be congruent with the U.S. population. Without first addressing structural inequity in nursing education programs, the nursing profession cannot begin to address structural racism in health care. The lack of nursing student diversity is reflective of barriers in program admissions. This article is a call to nursing accreditation bodies to operationalize anti-racism to improve U.S. nursing workforce diversity by introducing accountability structures that require evidence-based holistic admission review and analysis of admission data to ensure that student cohorts are diverse across nursing programs, thereby ensuring a future workforce that reflects the diversity of the U.S. population.https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2023.0099holistic admissionshealth equityanti-racismnursing educationnursingdiversity |
| spellingShingle | Alicia Swartz Denise Dawkins Claire Valderama-Wallace Michelle DeCoux Hampton Operationalizing Anti-Racism Accountability with Equitable Admissions in Nursing Education Accreditation Health Equity holistic admissions health equity anti-racism nursing education nursing diversity |
| title | Operationalizing Anti-Racism Accountability with Equitable Admissions in Nursing Education Accreditation |
| title_full | Operationalizing Anti-Racism Accountability with Equitable Admissions in Nursing Education Accreditation |
| title_fullStr | Operationalizing Anti-Racism Accountability with Equitable Admissions in Nursing Education Accreditation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Operationalizing Anti-Racism Accountability with Equitable Admissions in Nursing Education Accreditation |
| title_short | Operationalizing Anti-Racism Accountability with Equitable Admissions in Nursing Education Accreditation |
| title_sort | operationalizing anti racism accountability with equitable admissions in nursing education accreditation |
| topic | holistic admissions health equity anti-racism nursing education nursing diversity |
| url | https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/HEQ.2023.0099 |
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