Neonatal Need
Cheryl L. Nicks, RN, CNNP, CGT, CLNC Their patients can’t talk. They can’t walk. They can be demanding, even difficult. They are often fussy and they even cry. In fact, they act like babies. Yet neonatal nurses wouldn’t trade their […]
Working at the Department of Veterans Affairs
The Department of] Veterans Affair’s most important asset is a highly motivated and diverse workforce of more than 200,000 people committed to our mission of service to veterans. Our employees are the foundation of the department and the key to
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A Reader Speaks Out: Why Don’t Minority Communities Encourage Graduate Education?
We recently received this thought-provoking letter from Marie L. Lobo, RN, PhD, FAAN, a professor at the University of New Mexico College of Nursing in Albuquerque: I was recently given a copy of Minority Nurse and it had information about
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Learning About Difference
Ask a student entering nursing school why nurses need to use different criteria in diagnosing cyanosis in African Americans, why a Vietnamese mother might leap up in terror when a nurse touches her child’s head or why some Asians are
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Joining the Peace Corps
The genesis of the United States Peace Corps stems back to 1960 and then-presidential candidate John F. Kennedy’s impromptu speech at the University of Michigan. Kennedy challenged students to support the cause of peace by living and working in developing
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State of the Union
According to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, the word unite has the following meanings: • To bring together so as to form a whole. • To bring together by a common interest, attitude or action • To join and act together
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Making a Difference
Spring is the season for awards shows—the Academy awards, the Tonys—every time you turn on the television there seems to be another glamorous star stumbling through his or her lengthy acceptance speech. While actors and musicians entertain us, the real
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Minority Nurses Take Center Stage at ANA Convention
From presenting education sessions on culturally competent patient care to winning prestigious achievement awards and capturing top honors for the best research poster session, minority nurses were a constant and powerful presence at the 2002 American Nurses Association (ANA) Biennial
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Researching With Respect
It is certainly no secret that American Indians suffer disproportionately from many serious health problems, including diabetes, cancer, AIDS and substance abuse. Nor is it news to most nursing professionals that more research into the causes of these health disparities
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No Stopping Him
During his three-and-half-year journey toward becoming a nurse, Jorge Juarez experienced a series of personal tragedies that would have caused most other people to give up. His parents died, his brother had a stroke, and he lost his house to