Culturally sensitive cancer prevention brochures from the Southcentral Foundation Alaska Native Women’s Program” Majestic mountain peaks, abundant wildlife and unlimited natural beauty have made Alaska a vacation dreamland for millions of people from all over the world. But while […]
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Nursing is still not a profession that embraces its members equally, without regard to gender. Within and outside of our profession, nursing is still seen as woman’s work that is neither appropriate nor desirable for men. The unwillingness of nursing
Minority Health Professions Foundation 100 Edgewood Avenue, Suite 1020 Atlanta, GA 30303 (678) 904-4217 www.minorityhealth.org One of the things we’re preparing for is the Annual Symposium on Career Opportunities in Biomedical Sciences. We bring together approximately 1,000 high school and
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I was born in Guyana, South America, in 1952. As a child I dreamt of being a nurse and caring for the sick. But faced with numerous obstacles, including financial difficulties and lack of opportunity, I was forced to postpone
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Although a small but growing number of programs now exist to prepare minority nurses for leadership roles in health care management, academia and health policy-making, very few–if any–have focused specifically on American Indian and Alaska Native nurses. But that is
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Arneatha Martin, RN, MSN, ARNP CEO and Co-President Center for Health & Wellness, Inc. Wichita, Kan. Nobody has yet officially counted the number of minority nurses who hold upper management positions. But everybody knows what such a census would reveal:
Ampy de la Paz, MSN, RN, a 40-year nursing veteran who works as a quality management analyst at Bayshore Medical Center in Pasadena, Texas, uses an incident from her own career to demonstrate to newly arrived nurses from the Philippines
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As nursing schools across the country continue to work aggressively to increase the diversity of their student populations, minority nurses remain less represented in doctoral degree programs than at the bachelor’s and master’s levels. But progress has been made over
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Patients admitted to hospitals come with a variety of different education levels and reading abilities. It is the responsibility of all health care providers, including nurses, physicians and pharmacists, to ensure that patients understand all of the written instructions they
National Alliance for Hispanic Health 1501 Sixteenth Street, NW Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 387-5000 Email: [email protected] www.hispanichealth.org The National Alliance for Hispanic Health was founded in 1973 by a group of mental health professionals to improve the treatment of Hispanics
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