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Preserving the History of Black Nurses
Howard University in Washington, D.C., has served a vital role in the education of African Americans, and its College of Medicine is notable in the history of African American physicians. Yet, it’s the University’s former partner in nursing education, the Freedmen’s Hospital School of Nursing, that graduated 1,700 of some of the first black nurses in the country. And it’s the Freedmen’s Hospital School of Nursing whose story is rarely told.
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Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Spinal Cord Patients
How to reduce complications, improve patient outcomes, and shorten hospital stays when treating those with spinal pressure ulcers.
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Give Me Dignity
They say you never really know a person until you walk a mile in their shoes. But who has time to try on someone else’s Crocs when you have a demanding patient load, you’re flying through the day in an efficient groove, or you have a personal problem on your mind? Yet, every patient is entitled to equitable, dignified treatment. Perhaps you, like the author of this piece, have seen instances where a patient’s dignity was compromised. She shared her story with us, and now we’re sharing it with you, in hopes that it might spark a conversation and a second thought when it comes to preserving patient dignity.
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Nurses and Community Clinics
Community and public health nursing draws upon the very foundations of the profession: promoting preventive health care and serving the underserved. With the passage of health care reform, community clinics have seen increases across the board—including a growing need for nurses. Here we explore what working in one of these facilities is like and why they are so crucial to improving health care services and access for all.
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Welcome to the Future: The Next Generation of Minority Nurses
About to launch their own careers, these soon-to-graduate nurses share what led them to nursing and what they hope for the future.
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When Speaking the Same Language Means Speaking Different Languages
With a some procedural and technical changes, nurses and the facilities they work in can improve patient comprehension and experiences, regardless of language barriers.
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A Nursing Perspective: Does One's Skin Color and Accent Affect Health Care Quality?
Two nursing professors explore the ramifications of race and ethnicity in health care outcomes, perceptions, and quality.
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Caring for Communities After Disaster
Beyond the medicine and procedures, there’s a process behind disaster care that’s dramatically different from your everyday work, even in the busiest ER. There’s also an emotional component that’s hard to describe unless you’ve been there.
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Healing from the Bitter Pill of Incivility
Bullying has captured national attention lately, as “youthful teasing” escalates to pervasive, malicious, even dangerous levels. Yet, if only bullying stopped at high school. Nursing schools, hospitals, and private practices may not see schoolyard taunts, but incivility in the workplace certainly exists. Many minority nurses and other health professionals still experience various forms of prejudice at the workplace—not just from patients but each other. Here an expert on workplace bullying explores some examples and describes how nurses and schools of nursing can foster a more civil workplace.
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Trying to Breathe Easy
For those children and families living in homeless shelters, dealing with chronic diseases like asthma is doubly difficult. Now researchers from Mercy College School of Nursing are looking for ways to alleviate their symptoms.
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Join the Army of Women: Recruiting Minority Women to Help Crack the Code of Breast Cancer
Women of minority status have been historically underserved by the medical community and little research has been done to assess their health and experiences with breast cancer. The Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation, and its Army of Women program is looking to change this.
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Culturally Competent Care for Hmong and Southeast Asian Populations
Each patient, no matter what his or her heritage, will interpret and use cultural norms in slightly different ways; nurses treating those from Southeast Asian countries experience—and should familiarize themselves—with these cultural nuances.
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Stories from Inside Military Nursing
Two military nurses share their stories, from the stress of coordinating care in a combat zone to dealing with prejudice and personal growth, all while caring for those serving in the U.S. armed forces
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Going Bananas Over Potassium
Among the many electrolytes, potassium stands out; one nurse educator offers some tips for advocating potassium in practice
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The TAKE PRIDE Campaign
It goes without saying that we value diversity here at Minority Nurse, and that's why we've launched the Take Pride campaign to discover those hospitals and other healthcare facilities that go above and beyond in making sure they maintain a diverse and inclusive environment.
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Advocating Change and Developing Policies in Practice
Nurses can make a huge difference in health care practice by participating in policymaking.
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Holistic Healing: Putting Patients in the Driver’s Seat
Equipping patients holistically can better prepare them to conquer diseases and other health challenges
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America's Growing Waistline: The Challenge of Obesity
Obesity rates seem to have plateaued—how can nurses jumpstart the downward trend, particularly among minority communities?
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High-Fidelity Nursing Education
Unless you're a newly minted RN, you may not be familiar with the new technology popping up in today’s nursing classrooms, including the newest, most realistic patient simulations yet. But implementing these interactive systems didn't happen overnight. Here, you can follow the steps taken by one nursing school in introducing this technology to its team.
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Improving Patient Care with Personal Health Records
This third installment in our nursing informatics series looks at PHRs and how nurses can use them to their greatest effect
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