Abstract

Current participation by the children of immigrants in UK nursing education is very low. There are implications for culturally sensitive care delivery and the increasing demographic shift towards an ageing population. Those who arrived during the HMS Windrush period immediately after World War 2 are now beginning to use NHS services more frequently. This paper will provide insights into Black British African Caribbean nurses’ perceptions of support as students and clinical practitioners. It draws on original research, which explored factors, that impact on participation of British African Caribbean people in careers in nursing. The paper is specifically concerned with support which was one of four key findings from the research. UK policy requires that all services, including health services, should reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. This presents opportunities and challenges that need to be explored and addressed, as the UK grapples with increased nursing shortages and low retention rates of qualified staff. The British National Health Service (NHS) has benefited from major contributions of African Caribbean communities who were specifically invited and recruited to help to rebuild the economy and the infrastructure. There is some evidence that Children of the post Windrush era, who were born here, may choose not to participate in nursing as a career because of the experiences of discrimination suffered by their parents and grandparents in the NHS. This paper explores the views of British African Caribbean nursing participants as students and workers, in their own voices. It specifically highlights the role of support in their experiences and its direct impact on their decision making and success with regards to career choices in nursing. It will consider the role that bespoke support can play in enabling successful participation, career building and the implications for nursing education.

Highlights

  • This paper is based on original research which explored the perceptions and experiences of Black British African Caribbean participants in nursing careers as students and practitioners

  • Even though any contact with school-aged participants for this research would only always be in the presence of parents and/ or members of the school staffing body, the requirement remained essential, and the researcher had to confirm that the criteria for safeguarding children had been met by presenting evidence of a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check, reconfigured as the Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS)

  • Support and its impact on experiences in education and clinical practice emerged as one of four main research themes from respondents. It was identified as the key requirement throughout their experiences while at school, during their decision making for career choice, while studying on a nursing program and as a qualified practitioner in clinical practice

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Introduction

This paper is based on original research which explored the perceptions and experiences of Black British African Caribbean participants in nursing careers as students and practitioners. The research identified support as one of four key influencing factors in their experiences of schooling in the UK primary, secondary and university education systems and while working as clinical practitioners during their nursing careers. The paper aims to explore through their own voices, their perceptions of support as students and while practicing after qualifying, in an attempt to build successful careers. It will consider the implications of this for a more integrated NHS workforce

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