Caring Is Personal

Affiliations

¹ Katie Ayodele Boston-Leary is senior vice president of equity and engagement, American Nurses Association, Silver Springs, MD. Edna Gilliam is assistant vice president, Perioperative Services, Nemours Children's Hospital, Wilmington, DE. Keeli Stith is associate vice president of operations, OhioHealth Dublin Methodist and Grady Memorial Hospitals, Dublin, OH. Contact author: Katie Ayodele Boston-Leary, katie.boston-leary@ana.org. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Katie Ayodele Boston-Leary et al. Am J Nurs. 2025.

. 2025 Sep 1;125(9):10-11.

doi: 10.1097/AJN.0000000000000142. Epub 2025 Aug 21.

¹ Katie Ayodele Boston-Leary is senior vice president of equity and engagement, American Nurses Association, Silver Springs, MD. Edna Gilliam is assistant vice president, Perioperative Services, Nemours Children's Hospital, Wilmington, DE. Keeli Stith is associate vice president of operations, OhioHealth Dublin Methodist and Grady Memorial Hospitals, Dublin, OH. Contact author: Katie Ayodele Boston-Leary, katie.boston-leary@ana.org. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

Abstract

When cultural indifference leads to harm.

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