A Review of Nursing Position Statements on Racism Following the Murder of George Floyd and Other Black Americans

National outrage over the killings of George Floyd and other Black Americans in the United States prompted public outcry against police brutality and racism in law enforcement and drew national attention to systemic racism as a public health crisis. In response, during the summer of 2020 many health...

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Published inThe Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 453 - 466
Main Authors Knopf, Amelia, Budhwani, Henna, Logie, Carmen H., Oruche, Ukamaka, Wyatt, Erin, Draucker, Claire Burke
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 01.07.2021
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Ovid Technologies
Subjects
African Americans
Black or African American
Content analysis
Excessive force
Floyd, George
Health care industry
HIV Infections
Homicide
Humans
Law Enforcement
Murders & murder attempts
Nursing
Nursing schools
Police brutality
Professional associations
Public health
Racism
Systemic racism
United States
United States
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Summary:National outrage over the killings of George Floyd and other Black Americans in the United States prompted public outcry against police brutality and racism in law enforcement and drew national attention to systemic racism as a public health crisis. In response, during the summer of 2020 many health organizations issued position statements in response to the murders. This article examines such statements issued by 3 prominent nursing organizations and 18 schools of nursing. Thematic analysis revealed six themes in the statements of the professional organizations, and a content analysis revealed that the statements of the schools of nursing were generally aligned with these themes. Such position statements can provide a viable approach to the public commitment to anti-racist reforms, but it is unclear if such statements can promote meaningful and measurable change.
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Author Contributions
All authors on this paper meet the four criteria for authorship as identified by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE); all authors have contributed to the conception and design of the study, drafted or have been involved in revising this manuscript, reviewed the final version of this manuscript before submission, and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work. Specifically, using the CRediT taxonomy, the specific contributions of each author is as follows: Conceptualization & Methodology: Amelia Knopf; Claire Draucker; Data curation: Amelia Knopf; Erin Wyatt; Formal Analysis: Amelia Knopf, Henna Budhwani; Carmen Logie; Ukamaka Oruche; Erin Wyatt; Claire Draucker; Validation: Amelia Knopf; Claire Draucker; Writing – original draft: Amelia Knopf; Claire Draucker; Writing/Revising – Amelia Knopf; Henna Budhwani; Carmen Logie; Ukamaka Oruche; Erin Wyatt; Claire Draucker.
ISSN:1055-3290
1552-6917
1552-6917
DOI:10.1097/JNC.0000000000000270