Life at the Margins: Marginality and Race in Undergraduate Students and Faculty

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 415-422
Author(s):  
Heather Englund ◽  
Jennifer Basler
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Minority Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Minority Status ◽  
Nurse Faculty ◽  
Minority Nursing Students ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Racial Ethnic

The United States has become increasingly diverse, but this same rise in diversity is not reflected in the nursing profession. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between marginality and minority status for nursing students in two states with very different racial/ethnic minority profiles. Marginality was measured using the Koci Marginality Index. When comparing students by geographical region, there were statistically significant differences between the two groups with regard to the marginality subconcepts of intermediacy, differentiation, power, secrecy, voice, liminality, and reflectiveness. Data were also collected from nurse faculty at each of the universities in Texas and Wisconsin. Findings suggest that there are significant differences between the two faculty samples with regard to advising, tutoring, and mentoring activities, as well as referral of minority students to campus resources. Marginalization is a complicated, deeply entrenched issue that continues to significantly impact minority nursing students across the nation.

Inclusive Clinical Practice and Policy for Muslim Nursing Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-106
Author(s):  
Amanda F. Hopkins ◽  
Wendy Carter Kooken ◽  
Elyse Nelson Winger
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Educational Policies ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Reasonable Accommodation ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Clinical Experiences ◽  
School Of Nursing

Purpose: Increasing diversity in nursing offers opportunities and challenges. This article addresses considerations for clinical and educational policies when working with Muslim nursing students and suggests changes to facilitate inclusive environments. Approach: This article describes the twofold response of a school of nursing where Muslim nursing students encountered potential limitations in clinical experiences. Faculty conducted a review of literature and examined policies to determine barriers to inclusivity for Muslim nursing students in clinical practice. Outcomes: Few research articles exist to guide construction of inclusive practices. The review of policies for the school of nursing and clinical agencies revealed problematic language and wording that could lead to exclusive practices. Clinical Relevance: For the nursing profession to embrace diversity, faculty must be aware of the discrimination and general lack of knowledge toward Muslim nurses/students in the United States and reasonable accommodation for cultural and religious beliefs.

Understanding Racism as a Historical Trauma That Remains Today: Implications for the Nursing Profession

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24
Author(s):  
Roberta Waite ◽  
Deena Nardi
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Care Systems

In order to promote health equity and support the human rights mandate contained in the American Nurses Association's Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, the nursing profession must understand historically the creation of race, white supremacy in the United States, and entrenched racial terror and brutality toward black and brown racialized populations. Considering the limited racial diversity in the nursing profession despite its stated mission to increase diversity, the profession must build a path to understanding antiblack racism as a historical trauma that remains to this day, a path that encompasses antiracist ideology. Antiracism education is critically needed at the pre-professional and professional levels, for nursing students, providers, educators, administrators, and researchers to inform our own understanding of bias within the contexts of our educational and health-care systems. Dismantling racism requires an enduring commitment to the ultimate goal of social justice for ourselves, our patients, and our communities. This article presents antiracism actions that nurses should employ to dismantle racism, focusing primarily on personal-level initiatives, with self-work as the starting point.

Spatial Mismatch, Race and Ethnicity, and Unemployment: Implications for Interventions With Women on Probation and Parole

2021 ◽  
pp. 001112872110465
Author(s):  
Ariel L. Roddy ◽  
Merry Morash ◽  
Miriam Northcutt Bohmert
Keyword(s):  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Minority Status ◽  
Spatial Mismatch ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Probation And Parole ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Mismatch Hypothesis

For 312 women on probation and parole, we used mediation and conditional process analyses to examine the indirect effect of minority racial/ethnic status on unemployment through spatial mismatch between women’s place of residence and the location of available jobs. Consistent with the spatial mismatch hypothesis, employment opportunities per capita within 2 miles of women’s census tract of residence mediated the relationship between minority status and unemployment. The connection of spatial mismatch to unemployment was less pronounced for women with high levels of transportation access. Findings point to the importance of broader social policies to support well-developed transportation systems and community-based job development.

Perceived Minority Status and Diversity Attitudes: An Exploratory Study

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (3) ◽  
pp. 849-856
Author(s):  
Judy P. Strauss
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Minority Status ◽  
Cultural Groups ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Diversity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between perceived minority status (in race and gender) and attitudes toward diversity was investigated with 308 graduate and undergraduate students from the southwestern U.S. (54.5% women, 67.5% nonWhite, whose mean age was 26.7, SD=6.2). Analysis suggested perceived minority status in gender correlates significantly and positively with attitudes toward diversity. Specifically, women who perceived themselves to be of a minority gender were more likely to have positive attitudes toward other cultural groups than women who did not perceive themselves as of a minority. Furthermore, perceived minority status in gender mediated the relationship between sex and attitudes toward diversity. Perceived minority status in race was not correlated with attitudes toward diversity.

The Moderation of Parental Support on the Relationship Between Race-Related Career Barriers and Academic Achievement

2020 ◽  
pp. 089484532093735
Author(s):  
Xu Li ◽  
Yu-Wei Wang ◽  
Young Hwa Kim
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
Career Barriers ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Moderated Mediation Model ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigated the relationship between college students’ perception of race-related barriers in career and educational development and their immediate (first-semester grade point average [GPA]) and long-term academic performance (4-year cumulative GPA) and the role of parents’ instrumental and emotional support in moderating such effects. Participants were 820 undergraduate students at a Mid-Atlantic university in the United States. Path analysis of the proposed moderated mediation model indicated that (1) perception of race-related barriers was significantly and negatively correlated with students’ 4-year cumulative GPA, (2) parents’ instrumental support negatively predicted students’ 4-year GPA, whereas emotional support positively predicted students’ 4-year GPA, and (3) parental emotional support significantly buffered the negative direct effect of race-related barriers on students’ 4-year GPA. Research and practical implications were discussed.

scholarly journals Wicked Overseers

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin F. Steinmetz ◽  
Brian P. Schaefer ◽  
Howard Henderson
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Racial Inequality ◽  
War On Drugs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Urban Ghetto ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Racial Ethnic

In recent times, several tragic events have brought attention to the relationship between policing and racial/ethnic minorities in the United States. Scholars, activists, and pundits have clamored to explain tensions that have arisen from these police-related deaths. The authors contribute to the discussion by asserting that contemporary policing in America, and its relationship to racial inequality, is only the latest chapter in a broader historical narrative in which the police constitute the front line of a race- and class-stratified social order. In other words, contemporary criminal justice and race struggles are a legacy of colonialism. This essay begins with a brief overview of colonialism before turning toward dissecting the contemporary colonial character of policing African American urban ghetto communities in four parts. First, the emergence of ghettos as internal colonies is described. Second, mechanisms are given that propelled the mass entry of police into ghetto spaces, with particular attention given to the war on drugs, broken-windows and order-maintenance policing, and police militarization. Third, the authors explore how contemporary policing acts to manage the colonized through police stops, searches, and other practices. Finally, the relationship between American policing practices and cultural denigration of African Americans is described.

scholarly journals Differences in Obesity Among Men of Diverse Racial and Ethnic Background

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 984-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Hill ◽  
Caryn Bell ◽  
Janice V. Bowie ◽  
Elizabeth Kelley ◽  
Debra Furr-Holden ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Mexican American ◽  
Ethnic Disparities ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
The United States ◽  
Obesity Prevalence ◽  
Hispanic Men ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Racial/ethnic disparities exist in obesity prevalence among men, with Hispanic men exhibiting the highest prevalence compared with non-Hispanic White and non-Hispanic Black men. Most studies do not parse out Hispanic groups; therefore, it is unclear whether the increases in obesity rates among Hispanic men applies to all groups or if there are particular groups of Hispanic men that are driving the increase. The goal of this study is to examine the variations in obesity among men of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds and determine if obesity is affected by nativity. The data used in this study were from 11 years (2002-2012) of the National Health Interview Survey. Logistic regression was used to examine the relationship between race/ethnicity, obesity, and nativity. After adjusting for covariates, there are differences in obesity prevalence, with the largest prevalence among Puerto Rican men and Mexican American men. Consistent with previous literature, it has been suggested that men born in the United States are more likely to be obese than men born outside the United States. This study underscores the importance of distinguishing Hispanic groups when examining obesity, and provides information for future, targeted intervention strategies related to obesity among high-risk groups.

scholarly journals Student Nurses' Perception about Nursing Profession: A Comparative Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-153
Author(s):  
Anil Kumar ◽  
Sumandeep Kaur ◽  
Harjeet Singh
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Nursing Profession ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
First Year ◽  
Private Institutions ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Online Mode

Background: Perception is a belief or opinion of people to interpret things. Perception plays a key role in molding the shape of an individual as a person and as a professional. As perception affects the working capacity of nurses, it is imperative to know about the current trends of perceived image of profession among future professionals. Methods: A quantitative comparative study was conducted involving 200 student nurses in order to assess and compare the perceived image of the nursing profession among freshers (B.Sc. nursing first year students) and outgoing batches (B.Sc. Nursing final year students), using convenient sampling technique. The study was conducted in both selected public and private institutions located within the Faridkot district of Punjab state. A five-point self- structured Likert scale was used to collect data from study subjects. Data was collected using the online mode via google forms after written informed consent from participants. Results: Perceived image of nursing profession was significantly more positive (p= 0.026) among freshers when compared with final year students. A highly significant association (p=0.000) was found in the perceived image of the nursing profession with the type of institution. Student nurses from private institutions had significantly higher positive perception about the profession. Most of the final year students felt that nurses don’t get due respect in the society. Conclusion: It is concluded that first year nursing students were more positive and enthusiastic about the nursing profession as compared to the outgoing batches. Students from government institutions had a drastically less favorable perceived image of the nursing profession in comparison to those studying in private institutions. Keywords: Nursing Profession, Perception, Undergraduate students, Freshers.

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