Have you ever wished that hospitals had more of an incentive to provide culturally and linguistically competent patient care? Or that standards for providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services (CLAS) were not just optional guidelines but real requirements that health […]
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Although there are still relatively few minority nurses who have been inducted into the American Nurses Association (ANA)’s prestigious Hall of Fame, their number slowly and steadily continues to grow. The most recent minority nurse leader to be honored for
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Janice Kekahbah, MSN, RN, American Indian Nursing Leader Janice Kekahbah, co-founder of the first professional organization for American Indian nurses, passed away last October 12 at the age of 67. A member of the Kaw and Potawatomie nations, Kekahbah was
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many innocent black men were wrongfully lynched without trial in the Jim Crow South, often based on trumped-up charges of raping white women. Today, courts decide rape cases, and evidence collected by
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Eight years ago, shortly after the inauguration of the newly elected 43rd president of the United States, Minority Nurse published an editorial titled Welcome to Washington, Mr. Bush. In this open letter to the new president, we urged him to
Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from a version previously published as a chapter in the anthology Transforming Nursing Education: The Culturally Inclusive Environment (S.D. Bosher and M.D. Pharris, Eds., Springer Publishing Company, New York, N.Y., 2008). Dance, Professor, Dance
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Why is it that black women are more likely to be victims of rape or other forms of sexual assault than white women, yet they are often more reluctant to report the crime? One reason, suggests a new study conducted
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Thanks to the Human Genome Project and the identification of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, which increase the risk of breast cancer, many women can now take advantage of genetic testing to find out in advance if they are
Asian American Women Missing Out on Genetic Testing for Breast Cancer Risk Read More »
Carmen Portillo, PhD, RN, FAAN In 1975, the world was a very different place, Carmen Portillo, PhD, RN, FAAN, immediate past president of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses, told NAHN members at the opening ceremony of the association’s 25th
• Last fall, the National Lipid Association’s Moving Beyond Cholesterol survey of over 2,000 patients found that African Americans are less likely than other ethnic groups to be aware of the cardiovascular risks associated with unhealthy levels of triglycerides, a
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