Estacio Emee Vida, Saidy-Khan Sirandou
Keele University, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
Glob Qual Nurs Res. 2014 Jun 3;1:2333393614532618. doi: 10.1177/2333393614532618. eCollection 2014 Jan-Dec.
In this article, we explore the experiences of racial microaggression among migrant nurses in the United Kingdom. Eleven migrant nurses kept a reflective diary for 6 weeks to record and reflect on their experiences of living and working in the United Kingdom. The diary entries were then thematically analyzed. The results suggest that migrant nurses experienced racial microaggression from patients and colleagues through racial preferences and bullying. Institutional racism also hindered their opportunities for further training and promotion. As a result, some experienced feelings of anger, frustration, and even paranoia. Despite the negative consequences of racial microaggression on their emotional well-being, incidents were downplayed as trivial because of their vague and subtle nature. To encourage better multicultural interactions in the workplace, supportive organizational infrastructures need to be in place to enhance diversity awareness and to improve mechanisms for reporting and dealing with cases of racial microaggression.
在本文中,我们探讨了英国移民护士遭受种族微侵犯的经历。11名移民护士写了6周的反思日记,记录并反思他们在英国生活和工作的经历。然后对日记内容进行了主题分析。结果表明,移民护士在患者和同事那里经历了基于种族偏好和欺凌的种族微侵犯。制度性种族主义也阻碍了他们获得进一步培训和晋升的机会。因此,一些人感到愤怒、沮丧,甚至产生了偏执情绪。尽管种族微侵犯对他们的情绪健康产生了负面影响,但由于其性质模糊和微妙,这些事件被轻描淡写为微不足道。为了鼓励在工作场所进行更好的多元文化互动,需要建立支持性的组织架构,以提高对多样性的认识,并改进报告和处理种族微侵犯事件的机制。