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. 2023 Jul;30(3):e12539.
doi: 10.1111/nin.12539. Epub 2022 Nov 15.

Exposing othering in nursing education praxis

Caitlin M Nye  1 , Mary K Canales  2 , Darryl Somayaji  1
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Exposing othering in nursing education praxis

Caitlin M Nye et al. Nurs Inq. 2023 Jul.

Abstract

This paper defines and analyzes the processes of "othering" as they manifest in the practice and praxis of nursing education. Othering is bound up in the establishment and reinforcement of norms, and shores up power inequities that negatively impact faculty, students, and patients. While previous analyses have addressed othering in nursing more broadly, this paper adds a consideration of the multiple processes of othering that operate within the context of nursing education spaces. Cases from recent nursing education literature are interpreted through the frameworks of exclusionary, inclusionary, and structural othering, and provide specific illustrations of the concepts described. The paper concludes by arguing for an application of norm-critical pedagogical practice to counteract, disrupt and dismantle othering processes within nursing education.

Keywords: norm-criticism; norms; nursing education; othering; power.

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