The need for diversity in the nurse anesthesia profession is a growing concern driven by the U.S. population’s rapidly changing demographics and the low representation of minorities in the nurse anesthesia workforce across the nation. As a result, efforts to […]
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According to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), nurses need to know that myeloma, a serious and often deadly blood cancer, affects a disproportionate number of African Americans. In fact, a recent article in the LLS newsletter, eNewsline, notes that
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Transforming Nursing Education: The Culturally Inclusive Environment By Susan Dandridge Bosher, PhD, MA, and Margaret Dexheimer Pharris, PhD, RN, MPH, FAAN (Editors) Springer Publishing Company, 2009 $50 (paperback) For years, the nursing profession has been grappling with the issue of
Kayla Butler University of South Carolina Aiken $3,000 Scholarship “Ms. Butler’s academic achievements are extraordinarily high,” says USC Aiken nursing professor Dr. Lou Gramling. “In fact, she has earned all A’s and one B+ in all courses in the nursing
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In the Spring 2009 issue of Minority Nurse, we published a Second Opinion column written by Estela Dimes, BSN, RN, who is the mother of two special needs children. Her article, “Culture and Autism,” shared her personal experience of how
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In Minority Nurse’s Summer 2009 feature article “Something Old, Something New,” which explored why nurses of color should consider pursuing careers as clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) and clinical nurse leaders (CNLs), we noted that an attractive feature of the relatively
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According to the March of Dimes, in 2003-2005 an average of 10,056 babies a week were born prematurely in the United States—i.e., before 37 completed weeks of gestation. Of these preterm infants, 1,604 were very preterm (born before 32 weeks
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How do gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) nurses handle the issue of their sexuality in the nursing workplace? Are they out at work? Do they encounter discrimination from patients and co-workers, and if so, how do they deal with
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When Evelyn Badran, CNRN, graduated from high school in 1980, she had no idea that a career in nursing was in her future. Today, nearly three decades later, she is not only an experienced and successful nurse but is literally
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The well-established role of clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and the emerging role of clinical nurse leader (CNL) both offer nurses an exceptional opportunity to make a real difference in improving minority. The newly emerging role of clinical nurse leader (CNL)
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