“Diverse nurses can shape the future and write the script that is not yet writeen.” Vernice Ferguson, MA, RN, FAAN It was the era of the Civil Rights Movement, a time when history was being made across America. In 1954, […]
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Although many nursing schools around the country have successfully increased the racial and ethnic diversity of their student populations, there is still a severe shortage of minority nursing faculty. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, less than
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Breast-conserving surgery–i.e., lumpectomy rather than a disfiguring mastectomy–has increasingly become the standard treatment for women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. However, a study published in the online Journal of General Internal Medicine reveals that Asian American and Pacific Islander
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Do you know a nurse whose exceptional dedication, service and innovation truly exemplifies what excellence in nursing is all about? Someone who goes far beyond the call of duty to deliver the best possible care to patients, families and communities?
Back when he was a presidential candidate, Barack Obama promised to develop and begin to implement a comprehensive national HIV/AIDS strategy in the first year of his presidency. According to his campaign Web site, this initiative would, among other things,
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Pre-nursing student Eareaina Smith (center) chats with fellow students Aries Davis (left) and Nichole Selders before a Future Nurse Professionals seminar in March 2004. (Photo by Mary Jane Murawka) It’s a good support system, beams Eareaina Smith, a pre-nursing student
The nation cannot afford to ignore the obesity crisis and its [health] consequences–especially among Hispanics, a fast-growing population that has a prevalence of being obese. Cheap fast food, a lack of safe areas to exercise in their neighborhoods and fatty
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A Navajo Nation project to develop a Navajo Ethnomedical Encyclopedia. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium research projects focusing on issues such as autoimmune liver disease and smoking prevention. A training program to prepare Native American students, faculty and health professionals
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Creating Partnership for a Preferred Future was the theme of the Philippine Nurses Association of America (PNAA)’s 26th Annual National Convention, held last summer in Kansas City. The event drew about 150 nursing professionals from as far away as Hawaii
The federal Administration on Aging (AoA), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, recently awarded some $30 million in grants to support community programs and services designed to help American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) tribal elders
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