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Nursing is a colonial product: professionalised and expanded to many parts of the world during European and North American colonialism (Adhikari and Smith, forthcoming in 2024; Juanamasta et al. 2021; Nair and Healey 2006). Many hierarchies have always existed in nursing: historical accounts evidence that some nurses have been in more privileged positions than others, and this has continued until today. These privileges stem from several factors. Ethnicity is one of them, with white nurses very

EDI strategy and challenges in its implementation

EDI strategies have been developed to address on-going structural injustices and are in governments’ policy documents. However, those who occupy implementing positions are still to develop appropriate skills in using these strategies, so that everyone is treated fairly in all healthcare institutions. For example, non-native English speakers, despite their fluency in different languages, are still hugely disadvantaged in their career progression in most healthcare system in English speaking

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