Discussing racism in healthcare: A qualitative study of reflections by graduate nursing students
Abstract Aim The aim is to illustrate and analyse reflections from graduate nursing students over their experience of discussing racism in healthcare in an educational intervention. Design A qualitative, descriptive design was adopted. Methods Data were collected through written reflections and anal...
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| author | Elzana Odzakovic Karina Huus Beth Maina Ahlberg Hannah Bradby Sarah Hamed Suruchi Thaper‐Björkert Maria Björk |
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| description | Abstract Aim The aim is to illustrate and analyse reflections from graduate nursing students over their experience of discussing racism in healthcare in an educational intervention. Design A qualitative, descriptive design was adopted. Methods Data were collected through written reflections and analysed through content analysis. In total, 81 students participated in the intervention; 39 paediatric and 42 public health care nursing students. Of those, 27 participants gave consent to have their written reflections included in the study. Results Three main categories were developed in the content analysis of student reflections: (a) the implicit embeddedness of racism in healthcare organization; (b) the effect of racism on interactions with patients; and (c) a growing awareness of one's own understanding of racism. This study indicates that student nurses discussed racism as relevant to understanding good clinical practice for the benefit of patients and work‐based wellbeing of staff. This recognition of the organizational nature of racism warrants nursing leaders and managers to include racism as a social determinant of health in the undergraduate and graduate curricula to educate the next generation of nursing about racism. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b05ff7eb170b47d4b235e39017d066722023-05-10T12:16:34ZengWileyNursing Open2054-10582023-06-011063677368610.1002/nop2.1619Discussing racism in healthcare: A qualitative study of reflections by graduate nursing studentsElzana Odzakovic0Karina Huus1Beth Maina Ahlberg2Hannah Bradby3Sarah Hamed4Suruchi Thaper‐Björkert5Maria Björk6Department of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare Jönköping University Jönköping SwedenCHILD Research Group, School of Health and Welfare Jönköping University Jönköping SwedenDepartment of Sociology Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Sociology Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Sociology Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Government Uppsala University Uppsala SwedenDepartment of Nursing, School of Health and Welfare Jönköping University Jönköping SwedenAbstract Aim The aim is to illustrate and analyse reflections from graduate nursing students over their experience of discussing racism in healthcare in an educational intervention. Design A qualitative, descriptive design was adopted. Methods Data were collected through written reflections and analysed through content analysis. In total, 81 students participated in the intervention; 39 paediatric and 42 public health care nursing students. Of those, 27 participants gave consent to have their written reflections included in the study. Results Three main categories were developed in the content analysis of student reflections: (a) the implicit embeddedness of racism in healthcare organization; (b) the effect of racism on interactions with patients; and (c) a growing awareness of one's own understanding of racism. This study indicates that student nurses discussed racism as relevant to understanding good clinical practice for the benefit of patients and work‐based wellbeing of staff. This recognition of the organizational nature of racism warrants nursing leaders and managers to include racism as a social determinant of health in the undergraduate and graduate curricula to educate the next generation of nursing about racism.https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1619graduate nursing educationhealthcareknowledgenursequalitative studyracism |
| spellingShingle | Elzana Odzakovic Karina Huus Beth Maina Ahlberg Hannah Bradby Sarah Hamed Suruchi Thaper‐Björkert Maria Björk Discussing racism in healthcare: A qualitative study of reflections by graduate nursing students Nursing Open graduate nursing education healthcare knowledge nurse qualitative study racism |
| title | Discussing racism in healthcare: A qualitative study of reflections by graduate nursing students |
| title_full | Discussing racism in healthcare: A qualitative study of reflections by graduate nursing students |
| title_fullStr | Discussing racism in healthcare: A qualitative study of reflections by graduate nursing students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discussing racism in healthcare: A qualitative study of reflections by graduate nursing students |
| title_short | Discussing racism in healthcare: A qualitative study of reflections by graduate nursing students |
| title_sort | discussing racism in healthcare a qualitative study of reflections by graduate nursing students |
| topic | graduate nursing education healthcare knowledge nurse qualitative study racism |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1619 |
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