Oftentimes black people's pain goes unnoticed, or it is dismissed in the hospital setting. Their pain is not always considered an urgent matter, it may be painted as hysteria because of the misconceptions made about African Americans. A study conducted in 2016 revealed that nearly half of the first and second year students believed that black people had thicker skin than white people and overall perceived them to feel less pain (Rao). These inaccurate beliefs cause numerous life-threatening issues for black people but especially women of color. Many black women have entered the hospital and been treated like their pain was irrelevant in the eyes of their medical professionals. They were treated like they were overreacting, they were treated like they were drug addicts, and they were treated like they inflicted the harm that brought them here. " Black patients were 40% less likely to receive medication for acute pain compared to white patients (Rao)." Many of the black patients who come in suffer for hours, instead of the pain being handled immediately; they are required to wait for a solution to their pain because it is often dismissed. I want to be an advocate for African Americans entering the hospitals. I want their voices to be heard, respected, and acknowledged when they enter a hospital because their input matters just as much as anyone else. I want to be the representation for the younger generations to show that black women should be in the health care field. To make my community a more equal, inclusive place for all I would use my education and experiences. I would analyze the history of African Americans in the medical industry; I would work towards bringing awareness on the history so the medical industry can provide proper, equal assistance to all people. I would work under other medical professionals and learn how the system works until eventually opening my own practice. In my own nursing practice, I will promote inclusivity by making sure my clients' voices are heard in my practice. I would travel to hospitals all over the county, teaching them updated procedures so more lives can be saved. Procedures like taking classes to be more emotionally intelligent not only for the patients but for the health care workers too. I want these practices to become a foundation in the future generations medical system and continue to flourish even when I am gone. Introducing more awareness and actually working towards eliminating prejudice actions in medicine. Prejudice in medicine stops African Americans from visiting the doctor, eventually causing long term issues that could have been resolved earlier. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health (OMH) and the U.S. National Library of Medicine, my community is more prone to diabetes, sickle cell anemia, cancer, heart disease, stroke, asthma, pneumonia, and HIV/AIDS. I have seen first hand in my community how not having a doctor who you can express your feelings and thoughts to can cause mental, emotional, and physical distress. I want to use my experiences and education to create a healthy, cohesive relationship with people of color and their health care physicians. Too many of their voices have gone unheard, this has caused many people to lose their lives and this should not be the case. My community deserves to be properly treated and cared for like any other patient. African Americans should be able to trust that the people in charge of making sure they recover from their ailments, have their well-being in mind.