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. 2025 Sep 11.
doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000596. Online ahead of print.

A Scoping Review of Action Toward Decolonizing and Indigenizing Nursing

Anna Graefe  1   2 , Amanda Koon Davis  1   2 , Elizabeth V Weinfurter  1   2 , Lisa Martin Rennicke  1   2 , Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu  1   2
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A Scoping Review of Action Toward Decolonizing and Indigenizing Nursing

Anna Graefe et al. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. .

Abstract

The nursing profession currently exists in the untenable position of holding social justice as a core value of the profession but operating within dominant oppressive systems of colonialism and racism. Decolonizing and Indigenizing nursing are proposed as strategies toward reconciliation; however, little is known regarding specific nursing actions toward decolonizing and Indigenizing the profession. This scoping review highlights approaches, barriers, goals, and the utility of decolonizing and Indigenizing nursing knowledge, education, research, and practice. Synthesizing these will provide ideas and inspiration leading to praxis while also highlighting the reality of the challenges of this work.

Keywords: decolonization; indigenization; nursing; nursing education; nursing research.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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