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Editorial
Inclusivity in nurse education
  1. Calvin Moorley1,
  2. Rosetta West2
  1. 1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Insitute of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University, London, UK
  2. 2School of Nursing and Midwifery, London South Bank University, London, UK
  1. Correspondence to Prof Calvin Moorley, London South Bank University School of Health and Social Care, London SE1 0AA, UK; Moorleyc{at}lsbu.ac.uk

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103570

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    Introduction

    We operate in a world whose core has been shaken by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic: demonstrations, protest, strike actions and campaigns that seeks to administer social justice. Challenges exist for nursing education to be truly inclusive in approaching how current and future nurses are taught, educated and prepared to work in a world that is socially injust. Social justice in nursing relates to the equity and redistribution of resources for better health outcomes. It focuses on the elimination of social and political barriers that negatively impact on the health of individual or groups in society. In nursing, these include areas that relate to practice, policies and systems that govern care.1 In this editorial, we explore three areas of nurse education where inclusive practice can lead to social justice and better outcomes for care recipients.

    Cultural competence

    There are worrying reports of culturally insensitive care, for example, Almutairi et al2 found that a nurse’s country of birth may influence delivering culturally sensitive care and perceptions of individuals based on their culture. Cultural diversity in care settings often lead to misunderstandings and stereotyping, based on how a nurse perceives a patient through ethnicity, customs, practices, gender, socioeconomic …

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    • Contributors All authors contrinuted to the design, drafting and final submission of the paper.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.