Just being born American Indian brought me into the legacy of harm and poor health, asserts Roxanne Struthers, RN, PhD, CTN, assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing in Minneapolis and president-elect of the National Alaska Native […]
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One fall morning at approximately 10 a.m., a woman claiming to be a university student conducting research entered the hospital room of a patient who had recently given birth. The woman stayed with the patient all day, leading staff to
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The smell of burning sagebrush, sweetgrass and cedar perfumes the air. A drum keeps time softly as voices quaver in song and prayer. A traditional American Indian smudging ceremony is in progress at Deaconess Billings Clinic (DBC) in Billings, Montana–a
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Last year, in this country alone, more than 15 million units of whole blood and red cells were collected by blood centers and hospitals. That’s nearly 900,000 gallons of life’s red sauce! Based on data supplied by the National Blood
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The Gay and Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) is a national nonprofit organization based in San Francisco. GLMA’s mission is to make the health care environment “a place of empathy, justice and equity.” The organization began in 1981 as the American
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Linda Perez-Beller earned a degree in communications while working part time. Then she decided to go to law school. Then she changed her mind. It took Phong Pham three years to make up his mind. Today both Perez-Beller and Pham
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Whether you’re studying to become an allied health care professional, already working within the field or just thinking about the possibility of a career in health care Diversity: Allied Health Career’s First Annual Salary Report will be an invaluable resource.
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If you’re like most students, job benefits are a completely foreign concept. Yes, your job as chief burger-flipper may have offered free food, and your stint at Mall-Mart may have offered a generous employee discount in exchange for making you
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“PT is a great career choice, not only because you have the opportunity to truly help people in times of need, but working with the people in PT is great too. I think you really have to enjoy working with
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On my first assignment, I was scared to death, recalls Mona Steele, R.N., who left a hospital staff position she had held for 10 years to take up work as a traveling nurse in critical care two years ago. You
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