Fast Facts about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Nursing

Building Competencies for an Antiracism Practice

Sandra Davis, Anne Marie O'Brien
Springer Publishing
210 pages
ISBN: 9780826177254
July 2022

This nursing handbook introduces and defines key terms about race and racism for nurses, nursing students, and nurse educators. It addresses how race and racism act as structural and core social determinants of health and propel health inequities, and the recognition of the broader impact that both systemic and structural racism have had on inequality in health and life opportunities. Through a social justice lens, the book underscores how nurses, as frontline health professionals, need to understand racism as a factor behind these inequities and its significance to their working environment and nursing practice.