I have always been drawn to caring for people. Before I became a nurse, I had performed first aid on so many occasions that when my kids saw an accident, they would ask: “Are we stopping to help, mom?” When I finally became a nurse, I felt like I found my place in the world. Going to work did not feel like a job. Unfortunately, soon after I began practising as an RN, I realized I would always be wearing two hats. I was never just the nurse; I was the Black nurse. I noticed that patients who were not people of colour treated me differently than they treated my white counterparts. When I walked into a room, patients would lose their smiles, their eyes would glaze over and they would ask i...