Challenging the Status Quo
ANS was founded with the explicit aim to challenge the status quo through innovative and cutting edge scholarship. The current issue contains a number of important article that meet this challenge, including several articles reaching beyond the boundaries of North America. Review the current table of contents to find exemplars of this theme!
This article addresses the tenets of emancipatory knowing that is foundational to this aim. It is titled “A Scoping Review of Action TowardDecolonizing and Indigenizing Nursing” authored by Anna Graefe, PhD, RN, PHN; Amanda Koon Davis, MSN, RN; Elizabeth V. Weinfurter, MLIS; Lisa Martin Rennicke, PhD, RN/PHN, AHN-BC, FAAN; and Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, PhD, RN, FAAN. The article acknowledges the status quo that sustains inequalities in nursing and health care, and described actions that are needed, and that are possible, to create change.
Here is the message of this article in brief –
Nursing aims to uphold social justice but often operates within systems influenced by colonialism and racism. This review explores how nursing can be decolonized and Indigenized, focusing on strategies, obstacles, and objectives in transforming nursing knowledge, education, research, and practice. By examining these aspects, the review seeks to inspire practical actions and acknowledge the difficulties involved in this transformative work. It highlights approaches, barriers, goals, and the utility of decolonizing and Indigenizing nursing knowledge, education, research, and practice, providing ideas and inspiration leading to praxis while also highlighting the reality of the challenges of this work.
