Awards and Rankings
Nursing
February 5, 2024
As part of a national effort to promote diversity and inclusivity in the field of nursing, University of Portland’s School of Nursing & Health Innovations (UPSONHI) is one of 10 programs awarded grant funding from the American Nurses Association (ANA) National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing.
Claire McKinley-Yoder, PhD, RN, CNE and Kala Mayer, PhD, MPH, RN, CNE, MCHES
UPSONHI assistant professor Claire McKinley-Yoder, PhD, RN, CNE and associate professor Kala Mayer, PhD, MPH, RN, CNE, MCHES will apply $17,700 in ANA grant funding toward continued research that seeks to create a more inclusive environment for nursing students.
“This funding will allow us to test a curriculum evaluation tool for diversity, equity, and inclusion,” McKinley Yoder said. “To meet our goals for health equity, our nursing workforce needs to be more diverse. Our work aims to create more inclusive environments in nursing education so that future nurses are prepared to address the social determinants of health and create social change.”
The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing selected 10 programs out of 130 that submitted proposals to share $200,000 in total grant funding. UPSONHI is one of four college nursing programs — the lone program in the Western United States — selected to participate in this ANA initiative.
“I strongly support this work, and I anticipate the information gained in this study will inform not only our curriculum — but will have a widespread, positive effect across nursing education,” said Joane Moceri, PhD, RN, Dean of UP’s School of Nursing & Health Innovations.
In a 2022 survey conducted by the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing, 63 percent of nurses surveyed said they had personally experienced an act of racism in the workplace, and more than half said racism in the workplace impacted their professional well-being.
“The American Nurses Association is honored to present these funds to these inspiring programs who are taking deliberate action to truly dismantle racism within their respective initiatives and organizations,” said American Nurses Association President Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN. “Racism has inflicted damage on nurses of color and continues to mar the nursing profession…. These projects are a shining example of efforts to make incremental but meaningful progress for all nurses, and we are ready to see what progress is to unfold in the year ahead.”
In addition to UPSONHI, winning grant proposals were submitted by: the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Carle Health, Children’s National Hospital, East Carolina University College of Nursing, International Academy of Nurse Editors, Mercy University School of Nursing, North Carolina Nurses Association, Norton Sound Health Corporation and University of Illinois Chicago.
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