Thoughts About Social Justice

Abstract

The members of our discipline are-or should be-committed to a world characterized by social justice (Perry, Willis, Peterson, & Grace, 2017). Our commitment to social justice is made explicit in the American Nurses' Association (ANA, 2015) Code of Ethics. Provision 9 asserts, "The profession of nursing. .. must. .. integrate principles of social justice into nursing and health policy" (ANA, 2015, p. 8). Integrating social justice into nursing and health policy, Provision 9 asserts, means that "social justice extends beyond human health and well-being to the health and wellbeing of the natural world. … Nursing must also advocate for policies, programs, and practices within the healthcare environment that maintain, sustain, and repair the natural world" (ANA, 2015, p. 53). The place of social justice in our discipline was identified by Schim, Benkert, Bell, Walker, and Danford (2007), who maintained that this concept should be added to the other metaparadigm concepts [person (now human beings), environment, health, and nursing (Fawcett & DeSanto-Madeya, 2013)]. Within the content of the conceptual model of nursing and health policy (CMNHP) (Fawcett & Russell, 2001; Russell & Fawcett, 2005), social justice is regarded as the outcome of world health administrative practices directed to humankind. Fawcett and Russell (2001) explained: Social justice is the most abstract concept in the conceptual model. The inclusion of this outcome reflects the belief that it is essential to consider social justice because it is a core value of professional practice.. .. Indeed, social justice is the ultimate social responsibility of any profession. (p. 112) 845385N SQXXX10.

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