Summary: Barriers To Minority Nursing Students

College students need to feel supported by family, friends, and especially faculty. Support is important not only for lecture faculty, but clinical faculty as well. Lack of adequate support for faculty members can be perceived as discrimination by the student. The feeling of discrimination was reported in several studies as a barrier to success for minority nursing students. For example, a study by Sedgwick, Oosterbroek and Ponomar (2014) involved interviewing 41 minority students about experiences during clinical. “Clinical instructors who used discriminatory language inhibited students’ sense of belonging” (Sedgwick, Oosterbroek, & Ponomar, 2014, p. 91). Students in this study also reported feeling discriminated against when it was perceived that less time was spent with them in comparison to their White peers (Sedgwick, Oosterbroek, & Ponomar, 2014). Faculty must be diligent in treating all students equal in order to improve the success of the minority student. “Nurse faculty are key to helping minority students persist in attaining a nursing degree” (Baker, 2010, p. 219). The study done by Baker (2010) was interesting because it offered the faculty perspective of barriers to success for minority students. Faculty availability ranked high as factor …show more content…
Nursing students that are at least 18 years of age can provide their own informed consent, negating the need for parental consent. The students that have completed at least one semester have enough experience to provide information regarding challenges and supports encountered during the program. This study would use students that do not hold other degrees, because previous college experience could skew the results of the study. Those new to the college experience are those that are the most vulnerable to