NLN Taking Aims: Leading Conversations that center on Race and Racism
August 12th, 2021
8:30am - 12:30pm

Several racially diverse students meet with the dean for nursing to express their anger about a case study that began with “A Black female client who has diabetes presents to the clinic with a Hgb A1c of 9.2%. The client has a history of non-compliance…”. The students assert that the racially insensitive rhetoric perpetuates stereotypes and demand that faculty abstain from propagating discriminatory case studies. Later that day, the dean discusses the student’s concern during a faculty meeting. Several faculty members who have used the case study become visually upset and argue that the students are being too sensitive. One faculty member cites academic freedom and refuses to discuss the topic. A few faculty quietly assert that the students have a point but question how they are supposed to recognize what is and is not racially offensive. As the chair of the curriculum committee, you are being asked to opine on the situation. How do you respond? 

Since the 1979 landmark report entitled Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, the tenets of Healthy People and the subsequent reports that emerged each decade continue to address inequities and influence the nursing curriculum.  However, the Future of Nursing 2020-2030 highlights that the United States has "underinvested in promoting health and well-being and preventing disease..." and the report amplifies "... the differential impact of the generations of inequity associated with racism and bias..."  The report recommends that nursing education programs "...acknowledge and challenge racism in all aspects of nursing education and practice...".  The AACN's Essentials also amplifies the need for nursing programs to "...address structural racism, systemic inequity, and discrimination in how nurses are prepared."

Faculty should have the skills to engage in conversations that address racism and disrupt racial stereotypes that could seed unconscious biases and undermine care delivery and patient outcomes. This four-hour virtual workshop responds to the contemporary needs of nursing education and provides educators with the skills to navigate real-world scenarios that center on race and racism. Participants will identify the different levels of racism and lead conversations that seek to reduce stereotypes. Forward-thinking educators who seek to accelerate their impact and strengthen their capacity to deeply advance health equity should attend this session. 

Following this workshop, participants will be able to
•           Recognize the different levels of racism
•           Facilitate conversations that center on race
•           Create race-affirming learning environments

For additional information, contact Bria Washington. 

Location
Online: Zoom link and supporting documents for this course will be sent 8/10/2021

* CLASS IS LIMITED TO 50 SLOTS *

Speaker

Kenya Beard

EdD, AGACNP-BC, CNE, ANEF, FAAN

Dr. Kenya V. Beard is the Associate Provost for Social Mission and Academic Excellence at Chamberlain University. As a 2012 Macy Faculty Scholar, she founded the Center for Multicultural Education and Health Disparities and propagated research and best practices to advance the needle on diversity, inclusion, and health equity. In her former role as Senior Fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Media Engagement at George Washington University School of Nursing, she wrote blogs and co-produced health care disparity segments for the Center’s radio program, HealthCetera, on WBAI-FM for an audience of over 400,000 diverse listeners. Her webinars, blogs, workshops, research, and publications speak to the critical need for authentic race-related discourse.

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