title: Diversity and ethnicity in nurse education: the perspective of nurse lecturers.
abstract: This paper is a report on a qualitative study which considered the issue of how lecturers feel about teaching and managing the topic of culture and racism within their role as nurse educators. The issue of cultural diversity and the related issue of racism within nursing and society more generally means that the problem cannot be ignored since one of the central tenets of nursing is that care should be delivered in non-discriminatory ways. We interviewed a group of lecturers within a UK university to explore their views on the topic. We produced six themes: Culture; the existence of racism within nursing; challenging racism; political correctness; strategies adopted to address issues in the classroom and the presence of cultural diversity within the curriculum. We identified that the lecturers in our study were keen to address the issue but were also very concerned about their own abilities and confidence in this area.
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy, Derby Education Centre, London Road Community Hospital, Derby, DE1 2QY, UK. stuart.nairn@nottingham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nairn
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: Martyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harling
authors.forename: Logan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parumal
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narayanasamy
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011287:Prejudice; D036301:Qualitative Research; D006113:United Kingdom