"I can't breathe": A call for antiracist nursing practice.

Nurs Outlook

Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD.

Published: September 2020

• Nurses are positioned to respond to the epidemic of racism in our healthcare system and communities. • This call to action highlights ways that nurses can adopt antiracist practices. • Actions include recognition of personal biases, confronting systemic inequities, policy and political action, new approaches to research, and using antiracist pedagogy.

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