I Guess It All Can't Be Like Grey's Anatomy

Monday, June 16, 2008



I have to admit that out of all the professions out there, nursing is one area where I just don't think about racism as much, and I guess in some ways you can chalk it up to the human element - the "do-gooder" piece of the job that should trump anything having to do with racism - that human interaction - but like everything else, there's the side we sometimes don't see.

Check out some of the snippets from an article up at nurse.com:

... Smith Williams has heard professors voice assumptions that black nursing students could not conceptualize or formulate abstract thoughts from their learning and experiences ...

... For example, nurses and physicians [from other units] seek out Caucasian RNs when looking for the person in charge ...

... There's a long history of some institutions treating Filipino and other foreign-educated nurses differently ...

... To admit to the presence of racism in health care is something that most in nursing do reluctantly ...
I don't know about you, but I'm thinking they have some work to do sooner rather than later.