{"id":123198,"date":"2021-02-10T11:27:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123198"},"modified":"2021-02-10T12:13:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T17:13:10","slug":"washington-college-creates-anti-racism-center-for-nursing-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-college-creates-anti-racism-center-for-nursing-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington College Creates \u2018Anti-Racism\u2019 Center For Nursing Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-college-creates-anti-racism-center-for-nursing-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=123198&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/University-of-Washington.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The University of Washington created a \u201cCenter for Anti-Racism in Nursing\u201d alongside a pledge for nursing students to commit to advancing \u201canti-racist\u201d policies.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to a review by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/university-of-washington-launches-center-for-antiracism-in-nursing\/\"><span>The College Fix<\/span><\/a><span>, the university\u2019s new anti-racism center was created to \u201ccultivate anti-racist teaching practices, academic curriculum, and professional development.\u201d Other goals include \u201capplying anti-racist principles to clinical practice, organizational operations, and health-related policy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/dei.nursing.uw.edu\/2021\/02\/05\/uw-school-of-nursing-establishing-center-for-antiracism-in-nursing\/\"><span>press release<\/span><\/a><span>, the university said the center was imperative to address systemic racism and address the racial disparities of the coronavirus.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSystemic racism has for generations undermined the health of individuals and communities across America, a public health crisis that has made the pandemic even more deadly and destructive for people of color,\u201d the university said.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the same press release, the executive dean of the nursing school said, \u201cthe need to end racism is long overdue and nurses must do their part.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A University of Washington alumni and nurse practitioner for \u201cCatholic Health Initiatives\u201d said that she thinks the anti-racism center will help reconcile past injustices.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI believe the process of creating the Center for Anti-Racism in Nursing will provide a way for the school to reconcile and find resolve within its own walls that have promoted anti-blackness and white privilege,\u201d the nurse practitioner said. \u201cThe Center will represent the first and essential steps in equity and cultivate social justice for all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The nursing center also created an anti-racism pledge. The official wording of the pledge is still under consideration by the university and has been removed from the school\u2019s website. The College Fix uncovered a cached version of the<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:wEC36Op3qmwJ:https:\/\/dei.nursing.uw.edu\/anti-racism-pledge\/+&amp;cd=2&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us\"><span>webpage<\/span><\/a><span>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The pledge calls on nursing students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members to \u201crecognize the devastating impact of systemic racism on health and well-being for Black, Indigenous, and other People and Communities of Color.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It also claims that the university and nursing profession at large is at fault for advancing \u201cracist policies and practices.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cOur educational systems, including our school and university, and the nursing profession have advanced racist policies and practices that have harmed and excluded BIPOC individuals and communities,\u201d the pledge reads.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nursing students and faculty are also called to recognize their privilege and how it disadvantages others. Nurses must become knowledgeable about anti-racism and vow to \u201cdisrupt\u201d in order to \u201ctransform systems of inequity and oppression.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Additionally, the nursing community was asked to \u201cwork to destabilize, revolutionize, and transform the oppressive systems that shape all aspects of our learning, our scholarship, and our workspaces.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI believe in the critical importance of a just, inclusive, and equitable society, in which its educational and health systems reflect anti-racist values,\u201d the pledge concludes.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other universities have taken steps towards cultivating \u201canti-racism\u201d in their nursing schools. The University of Minnesota<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nursing.umn.edu\/about\/inclusivity-diversity-equity\/black-lives-matter-and-anti-racism-resources\"><span>created<\/span><\/a> <span>a list of Black Lives Matter and anti-racism resources specifically for nursing students. The University of Virginia<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nursing.virginia.edu\/news\/anti-racist-efforts\/\"><span>created<\/span><\/a> <span>an anti-racism workgroup for nursing students as well.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Washington created a \u201cCenter for Anti-Racism in Nursing\u201d alongside a pledge for nursing students to commit to advancing \u201canti-racist\u201d policies.\u00a0 According to a review by The College &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893085,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5488,4023,6160,3787,4072,4086],"class_list":["post-123198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-center","tag-college","tag-creates","tag-nursing","tag-students","tag-washington"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}