NU 726 Unit 1: Discussion: Partnering to Promote a Culture of DEI
NU 726 Unit 1: Discussion: Partnering to Promote a Culture of DEI
The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) recognizes the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion for nursing professionals, students, and schools, asserting that diversity is one of the most critical building blocks of a healthy practice and work environment. The third guiding principle of AONE asserts that healthcare organizations should partner with nursing schools, universities, and other entities that provide education to healthcare workers to develop and implement policies, procedures, programs, and learning settings that lead to and embed the recruitment and retention of a diverse student population that mirrors the diversity of the United States.
Under the third guiding principle, the selected topic entails organizations creating a clinical rotation environment to support diversity among nursing students and learning styles while collaborating with faculty to ensure that students get clinical experiences where they get opportunities to evaluate diverse patients (AONE, 2022). Further, they can experience diverse cultural norms and health care practices while designing and implementing culturally competent, linguistically appropriate, and patient-focused and equitable care that responds to diverse patient populations.
The strategies that can drive changes in nursing practice and nursing education to align my organization’s goals with this topic include developing and implementing DEI policies where the organization ensures the workplace values diversity and inclusion, recruiting nurses to cater to patients from diverse cultural backgrounds, and training employees on cultural competence to ascertain that they can accept patients and nurses from different socioeconomic backgrounds (AACN, 2022; Mitchell et al., 2024). Again, the organization should implore nurses to practice evidence-based practice (EBP) interventions where they get patients’ preferences, values, and concerns that they can integrate into plans of care to attain better outcomes (Robinson-Lane et al., 2024). The implication is that these strategies will help the organization to develop a conducive environment for nurses to advance diversity practices at personal and organizational levels to improve care delivery and outcomes.
References
American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) (2022). AONE Guiding Principles for
Diversity in Healthcare Organizations. https://www.aonl.org/sites/default/files/aone/diversity.pdf
American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) (2022). Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
(DEI). https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Diversity/Diversity-Tool-Kit.pdf
Mitchell, C., Parchment, J., & Taylor, A. (2024). Weaving diversity, equity, inclusion, and
belonging to organizational sustainability. JONA: The Journal of Nursing
Administration, 54(4): 193-195. DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0000000000001407.
Robinson-Lane, S. G., Patel, R. V., & Coleman-Burns, P. (2024). Advancing diversity, equity,
inclusion and belonging within academic nursing. Journal of Professional Nursing, 55,
A1-A3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.profnurs.2024.10.008
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Unit 1: Discussion: Partnering to Promote a Culture of DEI
Unit 1Discussion: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Unit 1: Introduction (Required Content) (1 of 4)
- Unit 1: Reading and Activities (2 of 4)
- Unit 1: Discussion: Introductions (3 of 4)
- Current Discussion: Unit 1: Discussion: Partnering to Promote a Culture of DEI (4 of 4)
Instructions
It is anticipated that the initial discussion post should be in the range of 250-300 words. Response posts to peers have no minimum word requirement but must demonstrate topic knowledge and scholarly engagement with peers. Substantive content is imperative for all posts. All discussion prompt elements for the topic must be addressed. Please proofread your response carefully for grammar and spelling. Do not upload any attachments unless specified in the instructions. All posts should be supported by a minimum of one scholarly resource, ideally within the last 5 years. Journals and websites must be cited appropriately. Citations and references must adhere to APA format.
Classroom Participation
Students are expected to address the initial discussion question by Wednesday of each week. Participation in the discussion forum requires a minimum of three (3) substantive postings (this includes your initial post and posting to two peers) on three (3) different days. Substantive means that you add something new to the discussion supported with citation(s) and reference(s), you are not just agreeing. This is also a time to ask questions or offer information surrounding the topic addressed by your peers. Personal experience is appropriate for a substantive discussion, however should be correlated to the literature.
All discussion boards will be evaluated utilizing rubric criterion inclusive of content, analysis, collaboration, writing and APA. If you fail to post an initial discussion or initial discussion is late, you will not receive points for content and analysis, you may however post to your peers for partial credit following the guidelines above.
Initial Response
Instructions:
Review both of these resources:
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing provide a Position Statement for diversity, equity and inclusion within academic nursingDownload American Association of Colleges of Nursing provide a Position Statement for diversity, equity and inclusion within academic nursing
- American Organization for Nursing Leaderships Guiding Principles on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.Download American Organization for Nursing Leaderships Guiding Principles on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging.
Now that you have contemplated the above resources, conduct an in-depth survey of AONL’s Guiding Principle #3: Partnerships play a pivotal role in advancing our visions.
Select one of the 9 topics (bulleted items) encompassed in Principle #3. Construct a discussion of specific strategies/actions that could be utilized to drive a change in nursing practice/nursing education aimed at aligning your organization’s goals with your selected topic.
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
Your initial response is due by Wednesday at 11:59 pm CT.
Estimated time to complete: 2 hours
Peer Response
Instructions:
Please read and respond to at least two of your peers’ initial postings. You may want to consider the following questions in your responses to your peers:
- Compare and contrast your initial posting with those of your peers.
- How are they similar or how are they different?
- What information can you add that would help support the responses of your peers?
- Ask your peers a question for clarification about their post.
- What most interests you about their responses?