Can a person’s race affect the way their heart pumps blood through the body? It seems like a ridiculous, not to mention racist, question. Yet the surprising results of a new study Can a person’s race affect the way their […]
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Nearly two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, displacing thousands of its residents, the city is still suffering from an urgent shortage of nurses that is reaching crisis proportions. When the storm and subsequent flooding first struck the Crescent
Want to hear some good news about minority health disparities for a change? According to a study published in the March 21 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, the long-standing life expectancy gap between black and white
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What do a truck driver, a file clerk and a manager involved in helping one of the nation’s leading health care organizations implement a multi-billion-dollar electronic medical records system have in common? They’re all positions that Valerie Fong, MSN, RN,
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Are you a minority cancer nurse or nursing student who could benefit from the guidance and professional support of an experienced oncology nurse who has been there? Do you ever wish you had a mentor who could give you constructive
Oncology Nursing Society Offers Minority Mentoring Program Read More »
A recent study examining the effectiveness of national accident prevention campaigns—such as those that encourage the use of bicycle helmets, automobile safety seats and smoke detectors—in reducing fatal childhood injuries contains both good news and bad news when it comes
More Child Safety Education Needed in Black and Native American Communities Read More »
By Gihan ElGindy, RN, MSN Imagine for a moment that you are a patient in a hospital that is unable to meet your special dietary needs. What are you going to do? Would you sign out against medical advice and
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Throughout the allied health industry, practitioners are eager to bring about resolution once and for all to the conundrum created by Medicare reform as it was spelled out in the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA). The past eight years
Roxanne Struthers, PhD, RN, CHTP, AHN-BC, CTN, a pioneering American Indian nursing educator, researcher, author, healer and leader, passed away on December 10, 2005 at the age of 53. Dr. Struthers, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School
American Indian Nursing Leader Roxanne Struthers Passes Away Read More »
Gihan ElGindy, RN, MSN Editor’s Note: Meet Minority Nurse’s cultural competence expert: Gihan ElGindy, RN, MSN, an internationally recognized authority on cross-cultural issues in nursing. Her advice column is designed to answer your questions about incorporating cultural competence into your
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