Course Description

Every day, registered nurses see how social injustice impacts the health and wellbeing of our patients. We advocate for our patients and ourselves at the bedside, in the workplace, and in our communities so that we all have the best chance to live healthy lives.

This class will explore the connections between racial justice, gender justice, and health justice. Participants will come away with a deeper understanding of the ways that injustice operates in our workplaces and communities, and how structural racism and gender oppression affects nurses, patients, and communities. We will learn how our intersecting fights for racial, gender, economic, healthcare, environmental, and global justice are the building blocks for a more equitable and sustainable world. Lastly, we will identify ways nurses can confront and overcome these systemic issues within their facilities and beyond.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain how structural racism and gender oppression affects nurses, patients and communities.
• Discuss the intersections between collective racial justice, gender justice, and health justice.
• Identify strategies to confront structural racism and gender oppression in health care workplaces and beyond.

Instructors

Mei-ying Williams and/or Katherine Nasol

Course Information

This will be a 2-hour online class via Zoom for 2 hours of continuing education credits.

You will receive Zoom information for this class, via email, a week before your class date.

Registrations will close for these classes at 9am on the prior business day.

Dates

• Monday, May 12 – 10am to 12pm PT/1pm to 3pm ET
• Thursday, June 12 – 10am to 12pm PT/1pm to 3pm ET
• Thursday, July 24 – 1pm to 3pm PT/4pm to 6pm ET
• Monday, August 11 - 10am to 12pm PT/1pm to 3pm ET
• Thursday, September 18 - 1pm to 3pm PT/4pm to 6pm ET

CE courses are free to National Nurses United members. Classes are only offered to direct-care and staff RNs.