Abstract
Making clinical decisions is vital in assuring safe and competent delivery of care. It has no place for racism. Implicit and other forms of biases have an impact on nurses’ thinking in relation to clinical decisions. However, racisms work in a very specific way and is imbedded in society so effectively that the transmission of racisms is regularly not acknowledged by these systems and institutions and those that work within them in positions of power. The evidence clearly identifies that black and brown patients have inferior experiences within the National Health Service (NHS) and healthcare outcomes than white patients. There are multiple factors for this but one of them is inappropriate clinical decision making based on racisms. An exploration of the evidence and the need for nurse education to acknowledge this and make real changes will be presented. How racisms both individual and institutionally functions in a way that impact on the lived experiences of black and brown patients in the NHS. Nurses’ clinical decisions can ultimately lead to inadequate care delivery.
Citation: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Nursing Science and Practice. USG Proc J 1(Suppl 4): S77-S88.
