Institutionalized racism pervades almost every aspect of our society, and the field of nursing is no exception. The problem is especially pronounced in nurse education. We have known this for years, but little has been published on how to change the system.""Transforming Nursing Education"" is a vital and timely book that will help nurse educators, administrators and graduate students recruit, educate and graduate culturally diverse nurses for an increasingly diverse population. Complete with case studies of multicultural nurses, this book addresses barriers to success for nursing students from culturally diverse backgrounds in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It analyzes institutionalized racism in nursing education. It presents pedagogical strategies to help linguistically diverse students succeed in clinical settings.It gives assessment practices that eliminate cultural and linguistic bias and allow students to demonstrate nursing knowledge in a variety of ways. It identifies support services that level the playing field for culturally and linguistically diverse students. It discusses initiatives in developing leadership skills for culturally diverse students. It includes discussion guide and review questions at the end of each unit.
