In the Spotlight is a new series highlighting the achievements of minority nurses across the country. Do you know someone making a difference and want to see them featured on our blog and/or in the magazine? Contact [email protected] to recommend […]
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May is National Arthritis Awareness Month. There are many forms of arthritis, but one in particular disproportionately affects minority women: lupus. More than 16,000 Americans will likely develop this autoimmune disease each year, according to the Lupus Foundation. Most of
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Each year, Minority Nurse offers scholarships to three outstanding individuals pursuing a career in nursing. Last week, we announced Corinna Hughes as a runner-up of our 2013 scholarship. And the second runner-up is… Juanita Hardy! Juanita knew she wanted to
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Is there ever a good time for a personal crisis to rear its ugly head? When you are in an already high-stress job like nursing, the short answer is generally no. But things happen. Your rock-solid daycare provider gets sick,
How to Deal with a Personal Crisis Professionally Read More »
If your ideal day is spent in the presence of other like-minded professionals, attending a conference, whether it is a broad-scope nursing conference like that of the American Nurses Association or a conference geared specifically toward minority nurses like those
Make Your Conference Visit Even Better Read More »
Have you ever wondered how your salary compares to someone of a different ethnicity who has the same level of education and experience as you? How do salaries of nurses living in the West compare to those in the Northeast?
Editor’s Notebook: Closing the Gap Read More »
Minority children have higher rates of food allergy than their white counterparts, yet they’re less likely to receive the treatment they need to manage their condition and avoid potentially life-threatening allergic reactions. Nurses can play a key role in serving
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Although we may not have personal experience with homelessness, as nurses we can easily imagine the way in which life might unravel—a collapsing economy, long-term unemployment, a series of missed mortgage payments—leading to a life on the street, in a
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At the beginning of 2012, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was disliked by almost half of the public, faced formidable challenges in the courts, and seemed to be damaging Barack Obama’s prospects for reelection. By the end of the year,
What’s on the Horizon for Health Care Reform? Read More »
The incidence of immunosuppressed elderly patients has increased over the past few years. Hospitals and rehabilitation centers are seeing patients with greater complications, which poses many risks. Patients face the dangers of mass infection, greater length of stay, isolation from
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