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Why are newly qualified nurses from minority ethnic groups “disadvantaged” when applying for nursing jobs?
Why are newly qualified nurses from minority ethnic groups “disadvantaged” when applying for nursing jobs?
New research has found that the odds of obtaining job offers in London are significantly lower for newly qualified nurses from some minority ethnic groups.
Previous research has suggested internationally recruited ethnic minority nurses are disadvantaged in employment opportunities. But this is the first to explore whether the issue also affects newly qualifieds from minority ethnic groups that have undertaken nursing education in this country.
The study involved 1,047 newly qualified nurses graduating from eight universities in London.
It showed that the odds of receiving an offer of employment by the time of qualification were lower than white British nurses for all the minority ethnic groups studied.
But the results were most striking for black African and Asian/Chinese ethnic groups, where the odds of having a job offer were half or less that of students of white British origin.
The study authors said the findings raised some “very important questions” about what factors influenced employment opportunities for newly qualified nurses from non-white and ethnic groups.
Racism is alive and kicking in the uk, almost all NHS trusts in London/ the rest of the country engage in racism, of course they are not about to admit this and will deny that it exists. Racism begins in the NMC, RCM and RCN. Who from the top will do anything to change this? It is the same group of people who from the start appoint people like themselves into the top jobs as well. Can so many ethnic minority nurses be delivering such poor standard of care, for so many to be called up to the NMC The Trusts in London probably choose the colour of their healthcare professionals to match the areaswhere the NHS Trust is located. So what advise can any of you give to those ethnic minority nurses who fail to get a job based on their ethnicity. There is not much they can do about that is there? They cant change the colour of their skins and not all of them have attitude problems, how can you at an employment unterview decide that a candidate is not right for the job. A lot of white nurses are employed who can not do their job, what can you do about that, you will support them and give them every chance to improve, and even when they do not improve you will find they dodge and the management pass the buck and that person continue. However if it was an ethnic minority nurse, they would not be given the same consideration. So yes its time to wake up everyone knows there is racism against the ethnic population in the UK.
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If we are all for good standards of care, then we all must be able to deliver whether we are black, white or green. We all have weakness in different ways, it takes good management structure to help us to overcome the weakness. That is exactly where the problem is, the managers are simply not able. I will give an example of racism, when I work on the ward I always get the most heavy and challenging patients, my white collegues gets the easier areas so they get more time for documentation, updating plans of care, while I am still helping my patients. No help forthcoming from anyone. When the next shift comes on I am the one who has not updated care plans while my collegues can hold their head up high and feel they are better than me, their paperwork is all updated. That is why if there is a proper work structure in place, racism will not be so common. Nursing in this country lacks structure, drive for high and good standards of care coupled with poor management.
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