With careers full of complicated calculations and split-second decisions, nurses often don’t want to tackle the complexities of financial planning in their spare time. But like physical health, financial health is essential to a secure and comfortable future. A 2011 […]
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Juggling undergraduate nursing studies with a full-time job and six children at home constantly challenged Shayla Morales Robinson of Philadelphia. But the petite go-getter held firm to her decision to earn a B.S.N. from La Salle University’s School of Nursing
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Various inequalities exist in structured social systems. Women, people of color, the uneducated, the poor, and those who face disabilities have often gone voiceless and powerless throughout history, and their struggles persist today. These groups of people are marginalized and
Structural Inequality and Diversity in Nursing Read More »
By nowyou’ve heard all about the new fall 2007 television season, the new fall movie season and the new fall fashion season. But at Minority Nurse, fall is the season where we present our annual roundup of free or low-cost
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In March of this year, model and actress Mercedes Yvette, runnerup in the second season of the reality TV show America’s Next Top Model, spoke at a news conference about something that’s extremely important to her. The topic wasn’t fashion.
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Commander (CDR) , RN, an officer in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, doesn’t sugarcoat what it took to reach officer rank in three different branches of the military, obtain two post-graduate degrees with plans to get a doctorate, and be
True Courage Under Fire Read More »
Although the average physician might disagree, some nursing leaders have expressed the opinion that nurses may be way ahead of doctors when it comes to addressing the issue of racial and ethnic health disparities. They cite, for example, the formation
Minority, Majority Physicians Launch Health Disparities Initiatives Read More »
According to the Center for Information & Study on Clinical Research Participation, Hispanics account for 13% of the U.S. population but only 1% of participants in clinical trials for new treatments for serious conditions like diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.
Why Don’t More Hispanics Participate in Clinical Trials? Read More »
During all the recent discussion and debate over President Barack Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus package, we’re heard plenty of talk about things like shovel-ready projects, rebuilding crumbling infrastructure and green energy jobs. But what about nurse-ready projects? Does the
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Does it seem to you that most academic nursing books and journals still don’t pay enough attention to the urgent crisis of racial and ethnic minority health disparities in America and to the role minority nurses can play in helping
Essential Reading: Annual Review of Nursing Research Examines Health Disparities Read More »
