jen.bohn

think Oprah Winfrey meets Florence Nightingale | Creston, BC 》 Calgary, AB 》 Vancouver, BC | lover and skeptic of humanity

[Nursing Now Challenge @NursingNow2020]

📢Call for applications!

Would you like to play a lead role in shaping the strategic direction of the #NursingNowChallenge & influencing the future of early-career leadership development in #nursing & #midwiery?

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@BurdettTrust @LBP_CovUni

[Mimi Niles, Midwife, PhD, MPH @mi_niles]

why are folks still seeing this pandemic as a purely clinical- it is social, political, economic, environmental and historical
Expand, not collapse our imaginations and our lived experiences of this.

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@SMHernande @MarcMillerVM @MarcMillerVM systemic racism? Unaddressed implicit bias? All of the above?

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

Feeling hopeful just from reading this 😊

[Pam Roach @pamelamroach]

Totally recharged after an amazing lecture with a class of super engaged undergrad students. Talking about #SystemicRacism #healthequity #Indigenoushealth and making changes to inequitable structures. Makes me hopeful for change ✊🏽 #antiracism

[. @DrLisaRobinson]

Another reason why representation among health care leaders matters. These spaces can be unsafe for people from historically marginalized communities. Grateful to leaders willing to prioritize justice and equity over their feelings and (dis)comfort.

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@chrisroachYYC No need to apologize, Chris! In re-reading my reply, it sounds different than I had originally intended. 😅

I believe we're agreeing on the same thing! I actually meant the "color-blindess" ideology that has become a popular excuse to avoid addressing racist tendencies.

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

I think we, as #Canadians, can be so quick to say we are #multicultural and #inclusive... Yet, if we ask those who come from backgrounds that are #notwhite- there are countless stories of #racism.

Pretending it isn't a problem, doesn't solve it. #implicitbias

#JoyceEchaquan

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

1st year does not feel like 4 years ago! 🤯 grateful to have met so many incredible people and learn so many invaluable lessons. 💕

[UCalgary Nursing @ucalgarynursing]

"Your grades do not determine your worth or your abilities to be a great nurse! Also... there's a lot of extra-curriculars; get involved! Nursing is so diverse that nearly everything can compliment it." @BohnJen BN'20 #advicetofirstyears #ucalgary

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@BloggersNurse Yes!! And please do! Love art with a purpose/statement. 😊

[Nurse Bloggers @BloggersNurse]

Racism is a public health crisis. #Nurses4Change

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@NursingNow2020 @CharlotteNHSRN @DrMartiBalaam couldn't agree more!

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@CharlotteNHSRN @NursingNow2020 including those who demonstrate racism, because sometimes that means ourselves. I'm sure there are a million other answers out there, and I would love to hear from you! I will say, thank you so much for challenging racism, when it's so much easier to turn a blind eye. <3

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@CharlotteNHSRN @NursingNow2020 because this is our social norm, it can be hard to challenge racism. Some potential solutions may be to remember how systemically ingrained this is, into all of us, to some degree (and so more than others). I know this is cheesy, but I believe having compassion for everyone 2/4

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@NursingNow2020 @BloggersNurse From example, I would be more likely to speak up
1) among nursing students and new grads rather than being a minority in a group of senior nurses
2) in a visibly culturally diverse workplace rather than a predominantly white environment 2/2

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@NursingNow2020 @BloggersNurse From my experience as a nursing student and new grad, I find it's an easier topic to discuss (among other hard conversations) when I feel like I'm not a minority (e.g. inferior) 1/2

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@NursingNow2020 Thanks for having me. :)

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@FordeJohnston @NursingNow2020 We're having a few days of sun here so quite beautiful! :) Where are you at, Carol?

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@CharlotteNHSRN @NursingNow2020 I like to believe that people who carry out racism don't mean to (or what I would like to hope), but rather because of their implicit bias. @RobinDiAngelo in her book White Fragility says it a lot better than me though!

[jen.bohn @BohnJen]

@CharlotteNHSRN @NursingNow2020 Hey Charlotte! I would like to challenge the idea of "being a good and decent human-being"; there typically tends to be a sense of shame and blame around racism which can make it harder for those with harmful implicit biases to reflect and change their ways. 1/2