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Discrimination in nursing can take many different forms and occur at different intensities. Patients may request white nurses and reject nurses of color. Healthcare institutions may overlook nurses of color for leadership roles or fail to appoint a diverse nursing workforce that reflects the communities they serve. Furthermore, because they are not immune to unconscious prejudice, nurses may choose treatments based on cultural, ethnic, or gender preconceptions. This can lead to patients receiving subpar pain management, erroneous diagnoses, and unfavorable health consequences.
To what extent is the issue widespread? Forty percent of nurses who participated in a new PLOS One study said they had encountered discrimination in a medical setting.