By nowyou’ve heard all about the new fall 2007 television season, the new fall movie season and the new fall fashion season. But at Minority Nurse, fall is the season where we present our annual roundup of free or low-cost […]
The New Fall Resource Roundup Read More »
In March of this year, model and actress Mercedes Yvette, runnerup in the second season of the reality TV show America’s Next Top Model, spoke at a news conference about something that’s extremely important to her. The topic wasn’t fashion.
Minority Women and Lupus Read More »
Commander (CDR) , RN, an officer in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps, doesn’t sugarcoat what it took to reach officer rank in three different branches of the military, obtain two post-graduate degrees with plans to get a doctorate, and be
True Courage Under Fire Read More »
Although the average physician might disagree, some nursing leaders have expressed the opinion that nurses may be way ahead of doctors when it comes to addressing the issue of racial and ethnic health disparities. They cite, for example, the formation
Minority, Majority Physicians Launch Health Disparities Initiatives Read More »
According to the Center for Information & Study on Clinical Research Participation, Hispanics account for 13% of the U.S. population but only 1% of participants in clinical trials for new treatments for serious conditions like diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.
Why Don’t More Hispanics Participate in Clinical Trials? Read More »
During all the recent discussion and debate over President Barack Obama’s $787 billion economic stimulus package, we’re heard plenty of talk about things like shovel-ready projects, rebuilding crumbling infrastructure and green energy jobs. But what about nurse-ready projects? Does the
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Does it seem to you that most academic nursing books and journals still don’t pay enough attention to the urgent crisis of racial and ethnic minority health disparities in America and to the role minority nurses can play in helping
Essential Reading: Annual Review of Nursing Research Examines Health Disparities Read More »
“Diverse nurses can shape the future and write the script that is not yet writeen.” Vernice Ferguson, MA, RN, FAAN It was the era of the Civil Rights Movement, a time when history was being made across America. In 1954,
NSNA Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Breakthrough to Nursing Project Read More »
Although many nursing schools around the country have successfully increased the racial and ethnic diversity of their student populations, there is still a severe shortage of minority nursing faculty. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, less than
How Do You Solve the Minority Nursing Faculty Shortage? Put Them Online! Read More »
Breast-conserving surgery–i.e., lumpectomy rather than a disfiguring mastectomy–has increasingly become the standard treatment for women diagnosed with early stage breast cancer. However, a study published in the online Journal of General Internal Medicine reveals that Asian American and Pacific Islander
Asian Women Less Likely to Have Breast-Conserving Surgery Read More »
