Imagine going to a community health fair and getting a free mammogram or prostate cancer screening–and then not being able to follow up with a doctor if the test reveals a potential problem. For the nearly 46 million uninsured people […]
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Some of us, for one reason or another, want to be leaders. Whatever it is that motivates us, whether it be power, wealth, position, fame or glory, we strive to climb the ladder of success. The time, energy, and effort
When Ran Li, MSN, RN, entered the home of her elderly Chinese patient, she wasn’t surprised when the woman refused to make eye contact. While some nurses might have assumed the patient was being rude or trying to hide something,
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Can minority health disparities still exist even when people of color are the majority population? In the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI), the answer is yes. Even though the residents of this U.S. territory are predominantly black (Afro-Caribbean) and Hispanic, they
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Q: I am a Muslim nurse who wears a religious headscarf (hijab). I would like to bring to your attention two negative experiences that happened to me while taking the exams for LPN and RN licensure in the state of
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National Rural Health Association One West Armour Boulevard, Suite 203 Kansas City , Mo. 64111-2087 (816) 756-3140www.nrharural.org Everyone knows that cities have a strong need for medical professionals. After all, we’ve all seen ER. On television shows, city emergency rooms
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The National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) is a division of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NCMHD was established by the United States Congress through the Minority Health
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During her orientation as an emergency nurse at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Hollywood, Calif., Katherine Bolden, MSN, RN, helped care for a man who had come to the ER after falling and hitting his head. The medical staff suspected that
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In his 1996 book The Re-Enchantment of Everyday Life, best-selling spiritual writer Thomas Moore wrote: Without the ability to make temenos, we find ourselves in spaces that are purely functional and give us no more than an empty arena in
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Unlike many professionals these days, nurses can launch a job search with the confidence that they will find work–and quickly, at that. Thanks to one of the most severe nursing shortages in history, good nurses are in high demand all
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