May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, dean of Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in Cleveland, remembers the days back in the 1950s when staff members at Martins Ferry Hospital in Martins Ferry, Ohio, referred […]
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For the past five years, cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been the leading cause of death for all racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Approximately 61 million Americans suffer from some form of cardiovascular disease. Every year, CVD is
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On October 16, 1932, at a time when African American nurses were either barred from membership in state and national nursing professional associations or had only limited opportunities to participate in these organizations, a visionary nursing leader named Aliene Carrington
The finance industry and the nursing profession may seem worlds apart. But Juan Pineda, RN, a former investment officer for the Massachusetts State Treasury Department who is now a cardiac surgery ICU nurse at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia in New York City,
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Why does Theresa Asai, BSN, RN, hematology nurse clinician and nurse coordinator for the Consultants in Hematology Clinic at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, have such a winning smile? Because the Leukemia Research Foundation (LRF) recently selected her as
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In recent years, a number of research studies on African American health disparities have indicated that there is a connection between racism and poor health outcomes in the black community. Now, a new study conducted by researchers at the University
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American Indian and Alaska Native women are more than twice as likely to be sexually assaulted than U.S. women of other races and ethnicities, according to the human rights organization Amnesty International. Yet many Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities have
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Rhetaugh Graves Dumas, PhD, RN, FAAN, one of the nursing profession’s most distinguished leaders, educators, researchers, health policy-makers and psychiatric nursing scholars, passed away on July 22 at the age of 78. Dr. Dumas was vice provost emerita, dean emerita
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In 2002, the landmark Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT), the largest and most racially/ethnically diverse clinical study to date comparing the effectiveness of different hypertension treatments, made counterintuitive history. Contrary to popular belief, the study
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The New York City Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association had been trying for years to reach out to the local Latino community to provide information and support for people with Alzheimer’s disease and their families. The group translated educational literature
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