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Ackerman-Barger, K. W., & Hummel, F. (2015). Critical race theory as a lens for exploring inclusion and equity in nursing education. Journal of Theory Construction & Testing, 19(2), 39–46.

• In alignment with the basic storytelling element of CRT, narrative inquiry was used in this study to capture the educational experiences of nurses during their life journeys. Two recurring themes emerged from the data: experiences of exclusion and benefits of inclusion.

 

Beard, K. V., & Julion, W. A. (2016). Does race still matter in nursing? The narratives of African-American nursing faculty members. Nursing Outlook, 64(6), 583–596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2016.06.005

• This study explores the narratives of 23 African-American faculty members to determine if race still matters in nursing. A narrative approach grounded in social constructionism and CRT was used to illustrate the journey of African-American faculty into and throughout academia and to reveal factors related to decisions to enter and remain in academia. Most of the participants stated that they faced racial discrimination that tested their resilience and reinforced their commitment to the academy.

 

Hall, J. M., & Fields, B. (2012). Race and microaggression in nursing knowledge development. Advances in Nursing Science, 35(1), 25–38. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0b013e3182433b70

• The authors explore how race and racism have been conceptualized in nursing research and theory, situating these issues in the debate between CRT and postracialism. They hold that microaggressions contribute to stress for the target person, which may partly account for racial health disparities.

 

Hamilton, N., & Haozous, E. A. (2017). Retention of faculty of color in academic nursing. Nursing Outlook, 65(2), 212–221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2016.11.003

• The authors reviewed 25 articles from the nursing literature, using a CRT framework. They describe barriers and promoters to retention, benefits of retaining faculty of color, and proposed solutions to faculty of color attrition. They also highlight polices by several schools of nursing that netted increased retention and promotion of nursing faculty of color.

 

Moscou, S. (2008). The conceptualization and operationalization of race and ethnicity by health services researchers. Nursing Inquiry, 15(2), 94–105. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1800.2008.00413.x

• A qualitative study was conducted to ascertain how researchers conceptualize and operationalize racial and ethnic data. Data were derived from interviews with 33 participants in academic health centers in differing geographic regions. Content analyses extracted manifest and latent meanings to construct categories that depict respondents' understandings of race and ethnicity in research.

 

Nelson, L. E., Walker, J. J., DuBois, S. N., & Giwa, S. (2014). Your blues ain't like mine: Considering integrative antiracism in HIV prevention research with Black men who have sex with men in Canada and the United States. Nursing Inquiry, 21(4), 270–282. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12055

• The authors utilize integrative antiracism to guide a review of HIV prevention intervention studies with Black men who have sex with men (MSM) and to determine how racism and religious oppression are addressed in the current intervention evidence base. Of all interventions found, three targeted Black MSM, yet only one addressed racism, religious oppression, cultural assets, and religious assets. Most interventions' samples included low numbers of Black MSM.

 

Somayaji, D., & Cloyes K. G. (2015) Cancer fear and fatalism: How African American participants construct the role of research subject in relation to clinical cancer research. Cancer Nursing, 38(2), 133–144. https://doi.org/10.1097/NCC.0000000000000144

• This study explores the perceptions of African Americans regarding cancer and research and how these perceptions shape their beliefs about participating as cancer research subjects. Three African American focus groups were conducted. “Fear and fatalism emerged in relation to research, race, power, and identity and were related to larger historical and social issues rather than only individual thoughts or feelings.”

 

Wesp, L. M., Scheer, V., Ruiz, A., Walker, K., Weitzel, J., Shaw, L., Kako, P. M., & Mkandawire-Valhmu, L. (2018). An emancipatory approach to cultural competency the application of critical race, postcolonial, and intersectionality theories. Advances in Nursing Science, 41(4), 316–326. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000230

• This article explicates key tenets of critical race, postcolonial feminist, and intersectionality theories and then applies them, using an emancipatory approach to cultural competency that can reshape nursing education, research, and practice.