Capt. Evangelina Montoya, RN, MSN, is reading aloud from a report on migrant farm workers. We work from sunrise to sunset,Â’ she recites, and my body gets so tired it’s hard to walk. My uncle has to park the truck […]
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Since 1976, Nivia Nieves Fisch, CNM, has assisted some 2,500 women during the births of their children. Midwifery is a career that she is clearly passionate about and one that brings her great personal satisfaction. It is not just my
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Gloria Blackmon, RNC, BSN, LNC, LNHA, never met the young man who lost his legs, but after reading over his medical records, the compassion she felt for him was as strong as if he had been her own patient. The
The transition from academia to the work world is one of the most dramatic changes you will ever make. Graduating from school and entering the real world is whatyou’ve been waiting for, but something you might not expect to occur
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Take a moment and think about the word “boss.” What image comes to mind? Most people flash to a picture of a demanding, screaming, critical, oppressive tyrant. But surprisingly “boss” didn’t start out as a negative word; it actually comes
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Last summer, I was approached on campus by an African-American nursing student who said to me: I have been waiting to meet you. I didn’t know your name or what you looked like. But I was looking for someone [on
As more health care employers continue to streamline their staffing and management process in an effort to control costs, it is becoming increasingly difficult for minority nurses to advance to high-level nursing positions. Nurses who hope to move up to
Fact #1: Registered nurses comprise the largest portion of the health care work force in the United States.1 Fact #2: Of the nearly 2.7 million licensed RNs in this country, only 13% come from racial or ethnic minority backgrounds.2 Fact
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At the start of a new job you hope that your co-workers will become a second family. At the very least, you certainly expect that they will like you and not tease you. And you undoubtedly hope that they won’t
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It’s often said that the family that prays together stays together. Michael and Lesley Leach of Omaha, Neb., are an African American married couple who take togetherness to a whole new level. Raising three children while both working outside jobs,
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