Diversity in Action

Hospital employees are disproportionately female and Caucasian. Attracting a more diverse workforce is a hospital business imperative. –American Hospital Association Commission on Workforce for Hospitals and Health Systems, April 2002 America is suffering from an acute shortage of nurses–but by

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Recruiting and Retaining Minority Nursing Faculty

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.0.9″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.0.9″] When Dr. Margaret Moss, RN, earned her doctorate in nursing science from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, she became part of a very small and select group: minority

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The Power of a Pear

Editor’s Note: This article is adapted from a presentation given by the author at the Oncology Nursing Society’s Cancer Prevention and Early Detection (CPED) Program for HBCU/MSI Nurses: Dissemination Colloquium, May 30-31, 2003 in Miami. Funded through a grant from

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