Researching Racism in Nursing: book launch at the RCN

Last night saw the launch of a multi-contributor book, Researching Racism in Nursing, published recently by Routledge. Here’s what the publisher’s website says about the book:

Research shows that racism affects the working lives of nurses and nurse academics, as well as healthcare service delivery and outcomes. This book looks at the impact of racism, from experiences of microaggression to discrimination and structural and institutionalised racism.

Focusing on the work of six doctoral researchers and practitioners who have chosen to address and investigate the racism they experience, witness or observe in the UK’s National Health Service and Universities, this book includes personal reflections on their findings. The substantive chapters are framed by a discussion of policy and research on racism, thoughts on research supervision within this field and a drawing together of the key themes developed through this book.

Giving voice to nurses’ and lecturers’ responses to racism in nursing education and practice, this is an important contribution for students, researchers and practitioners with an interest in health inequalities, healthcare organisations, research methods and workforce development.

Thanks to all of the contributors/speakers and to the RCN for organising and hosting this event. Thank you to Wendy Irwin for introducing the event and chairing proceedings.

Here’s the book’s Table of Contents

Foreword by Sheilabye Sobrany

1        Introduction: Researching racism in nursing Helen Allan

2        Doctoral research – the personal is academic Michael Traynor

3        On listening to Migrant Women         Ann Mitchell

4        Experiences of perinatal British mental health services: reflections on conducting research with migrant women from Sub-Saharan Africa       Gabriel Ngalomba

5        An ethnography of Islamophobia      Dave Ring

6        The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s role in Integrating Internationally Educated Nurses in the UK healthcare       Monday Ugiagbe

7        An exploration of the experience of Black and Minority Ethnic nurse educators in UK universities Donna Scholefield

8        Racism in nursing: the more things change, the more they stay the same      Petula Gordon