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The Role of Nurses in Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Healthcare –<\/b> In the healthcare industry, diversity, equality, and inclusion are hot topics, but simply including a DEI module in Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing’s annual education is insufficient to address these issues. While policies are a useful tool, real change must come from each staff member on a more individual basis. There is a need to define and understand <\/span>the role of nurses in promoting diversity, equality, and inclusion in healthcare <\/b><\/a>so that we can have meaningful discussions about DEI that can result in major change.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n First, problems often arise from our prejudices, especially those that are hidden by the circumstances of our lives. We can’t fight for what we don’t understand, and if we don’t fight for change, we will continue to operate in our “safe” silos, which only serve to reinforce the notion that we are separate from each other. Making diversity, equality, and inclusion a part of our workplace and nurse recruitment begins with acknowledging our differences and making sense of them.<\/span><\/p>\n Diversity is inclusive of people from different backgrounds. Employees benefit from exposure to diversity among peers, for example, the health care system, nurse staffing taking into account different cultures, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic backgrounds, and patients knowing that they feel more comfortable that they are not alone.<\/span><\/p>\n Even though we’ve made great strides since the days when only white men could practice medicine, our healthcare system has always lacked diversity. Today, despite our progress, we are still made up of white people. According to research by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), 64% of doctors were male and more than 56% were white doctors. According to Minority Nurses, approximately 75% of RNs identify as white, and 91% of those are female.<\/span><\/p>\n The idea of equity is often confused with the idea of equality. Equity in healthcare means giving everyone the same resources or opportunities to achieve their health goals. Equity is recognizing that each person has unique circumstances and respecting them. Providing opportunities and resources to enable them to achieve similar outcomes.<\/span><\/p>\n Merely giving someone a chance is insufficient if they lack the resources to take advantage of it. No one may be disadvantage because of his or her age, color, ethnicity, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, location, or socioeconomic status. Only then can equity be realized.<\/span><\/p>\nNurses’ Role in Promoting Diversity<\/span><\/h2>\n
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