For over 30 years, the Rutgers College of Nursing Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) has provided access to under-represented students into the field of Nursing. EOF provides academic, financial, and counseling services to first-generation students who have academic potential, but may […]
Program Spotlight: Rutgers College of Nursing’s Educational Opportunity Fund Read More »
Have you ever been passed over for a promotion because of your race or ethnicity, even though you met all other qualifications for the job? Do you feel that nurses of color continue to face substantial personal and professional barriers
Racism in the Nursing Workplace Still a Persistent Problem Read More »
In the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the anthrax scare of fall 2001, American nurses can no longer observe a troubled world and reassure themselves that terrorism won’t happen here. But they can be prepared to respond
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Can we talk? When it comes to finding the financial support to pay for a quality education in nursing–whether at the undergraduate or graduate level–nothing works like talking. Potential sources of funding are many and they are often just a
Scholarships, Fellowships, Loans, Oh My! Read More »
Little Joey (not his real name) was blue–literally. Born with a heart defect that left him breathless, he couldn’t climb the stairs or run around the playground at his Dallas school with the other children. But a team of professionals,
In her mind’s eye, Capt. Mary Lambert can still picture the children walking to school, just as children do in neighborhoods everywhere, talking in small groups as they amble along. Except in this scene, they are walking along streets lined
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With America’s severe nursing shortage predicted to reach emergency levels by 2010, a national coalition of nursing leaders has united to launch a sweeping strategic action plan for ensuring the profession’s future health. Unveiled this summer at the 2002 American
Strategic Plan for Nursing’s Future Includes Diversity on its Agenda Read More »
Physicians across the nation can expect to be busier than usual this fall, thanks to a new health promotion campaign launched by the federal Office of Minority Health (OMH). As part of the national initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic
Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day Targets African Americans Read More »
With a near crisis-level RN staffing shortage now affecting just about every part of the nation, today it seems like all you have to do to find a city with an urgent demand for nurses is to throw a dart
A Tale of Top Cities Read More »
When the Leadie Eddie van visits neighborhoods in south Newark, N.J., to screen children for lead poisoning, the tiny patients are not appreciative. Dozens of babies and toddlers join in a noisy chorus of crying as they get their fingers
