Ashley
Mcfarlane
Student
Florida Atlantic University
Ashley Mcfarlane is a Professional Part-time BSN student at the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University. She is one of the Community Health and Outreach chairperson for FAU’s Minority Nursing Student Organization, a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing and a Caring-based Academic Partnerships in Excellence Scholar recipient. Ashley earned her first Bachelors of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of Florida where she plans to merger her interests and passion of serving her community and underserved populations under the field of nursing.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Two cases were developed based on lived experiences from a multicultural interprofessional faculty team. Students were assigned prereading on microaggressions, use of race correction in clinical algorithms, and racial bias in clinical measures. In a large group session, guidelines for respectful discussion were established. Next, 52 medical students and 88 nursing students were placed in mixed small groups in breakout rooms. The first case centered on microaggressions impacting a patient and a member of the interprofessional team. The second case explored inappropriate clinical management…