Networking 101
You know the type. She knows every professor, is friendly with each classmate, and seems to have contacts in all the right places both nearby and far away. Maybe you don’t trust her motivations because she seems to be constantly […]
Helping At-Risk Kids Get Teen Smart
Editor’s Note: This article, which is adapted from the research paper Using a Web Site to Enhance Adolescent Health Promotion in an Inner-City High School, was written by a group of culturally and ethnically diverse student nurses at the University
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Nurses With Disabilities: Another Minority Group
Some people who dream of nursing careers are told they will never make it through nursing school. Some nurses who hear about a potential dream job are told they won’t even be considered a candidate for the position. Some are
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Ground Zero Heroes
Amidst the profound loss and grief that rocked the nation on September 11, the heroic efforts of police officers, firefighters and volunteers have helped renew our faith in the American spirit. But at Ground Zero and beyond, nurses responded to
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My Experience in Belize
The author (far left) and her medical team cross a creek by ferry in rural Belize. In October of 2001, when I was a master’s degree student in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Prairie View A&M University, I had
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Special K
June Strickland, RN, PhD Imagine getting a grant that would relieve you of your teaching duties for up to three years so that you can spend most of your time doing research. Now imagine that this grant would also offer
Without Reservation
Captain Pelagie “Mike” Snesrud, RN, is a Lakota Sioux Indian and a commissioned officer as a public health nurse for 27 years, and in January 2002, she was appointed to a key policy-making position at the Centers for Disease Control
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Tribes Know Best
Some two million American Indians and Alaskan Natives in the United States are eligible to receive health care through tribal health programs. As a result, there are a great many opportunities for nurses to provide care for Indian patients living
Mentors to the Max
Jan Pflugfelder, RN, MS, knows what it takes for Native American students to succeed in nursing school: sheer determination plus culturally sensitive support from faculty and administrators who serve as mentors, cheerleaders, sympathetic ears—and sometimes even baby-sitters. Pflugfelder, a doctoral
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From Welder to Nurse
Introducing. . .the Mark Brothers and Sid! Sound like a new comedy team? Guess again. These three guys are former welders who are now enjoying successful careers as nurses. Their unusual story began about three years ago in Dansville, N.Y.,
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