What nurses of color want from nursing philosophers |
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| Authors: | Lucinda Canty PhD RN CNM FACNM Favorite Iradukunda PhD RN Claire Valderama-Wallace PhD MPH RN Rebecca O. Shasanmi-Ellis MPH MS RN Crystal Garvey MScN BScN RN |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Elaine Marieb College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA;2. Department of Nursing, California State University, East Bay, California, USA;3. Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA;4. Health Sciences, Durham College, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | Scholars of color have been instrumental in advancing nursing knowledge development but find limited spaces where one can authentically share their philosophical perspective. Although there is a call for antiracism in nursing and making way for more diverse and inclusive theories and philosophies, our voices remain at the margins of nursing theory and philosophy. In nursing philosophy, there continues to be a lack of racial diversity in those who are given the platform to share their scholarship. Five nurse scholars of color attended the International Nursing Philosophy Conference in August 2022. We established a collective system of support by sharing our experiences as researchers, scholars, and educators with each other. The theory of emancipatory nursing praxis informed this process. In this dialogue, we reflected on what it is like to present at and attend predominantly white nursing conferences. We shared our experiences of how we exist as nurse scholars, our philosophical views, and our thoughts on how we create spaces where scholars of color can feel welcomed and acknowledged for their contributions to advancing nursing knowledge. |
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| Keywords: | antiracism nurse philosophers nurse scholars of color nurses of color |
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