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The Role of Nurses in Countering Environmental Racism

Minority Nurse

Nurses are integral to every community, and not just from the perspective of simply providing critical medical services. One of the often overlooked areas in which nurses are influential is helping to address injustice, even environmental racism. The climate can impact vision and eye health , too.

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Practicing Antiracism in Nursing with Actionable Allyship

Daily Nurse

Racism in nursing affects all of us—whether we have witnessed it, experienced it firsthand, or examined our own biases rooted in race. Likewise, confronting racism that is decades in the making requires collective action. It includes creating space to amplify voices that are not traditionally heard, recognized, or welcomed.

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Healthy hearts

American Nurse

This cause affects nurses on several fronts. Additionally, as the Pulse on the Nation’s Nurses Survey Series has shown repeatedly, fraught workplace environments mean nurses practice under sustained stress, which can contribute to CVD. These statistics underscore the urgency for nurses to pay attention to our own health.

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Nurse leaders of color: Candid conversations

American Nurse

Insights and takeaways from experienced nursing professionals. The nursing profession has begun working toward an ethnically and racially diverse workforce, and healthcare systems, professional organizations, academia, and other stakeholders now realize the positive impact diversity has on patient outcomes.

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LGBTQ+ nursing: Glancing back, looking forward

American Nurse

The first time I saw the phrase gay pride , I didn’t quite understand its loaded meaning. From a healthcare perspective, the idea of taking pride in living authentic lives is closely tied with positive self-esteem and better self-care—for both the patient and the provider.

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Native American Healthcare Disparities: Challenges and Solutions

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A deeper understanding of these factors can help healthcare organizations better serve these communities, address the root causes, and ultimately provide more beneficial effects and lasting change. Lack of funding and access Native American health care faces the constant challenge of finding resources to meet patient needs.

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Nurses Asked To Tackle Unfair Health Inequities & Discrimination

Aussie Nurse

The ICN has identified nurses as key to lead changes needed with health inequalities. “As As the largest group of health professionals, and the most trusted, nurses are in a powerful position to directly act to dismantle and transform structural discrimination in health care.”