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The Sky’s the Limit
The exciting, fast-paced specialties of flight nursing and medical transport nursing offer career opportunities that soar above the crowd
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Bridging the Barriers to Research Careers
By helping talented students of color make the transition from MSN degrees to PhD programs, the federally funded Bridges to the Doctoral Degree initiative is working to increase the number of minority nurse scientists
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Help Us Save More Lives
America’s blood banks urgently need more blood donors--and minority donors are in particularly short supply
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Treating Muslims with Cultural Sensitivity in a Post-9/11 World
From respecting patients’ religious needs to accommodating Muslim nurses’ dress requirements, understanding the role of Islam in Muslims’ lives is an essential cultural competency skill.
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Paperwork: The Path We Tread
The Path We Tread: Blacks in Nursing Worldwide,
1854-1994, Third Edition
By M. Elizabeth Carnegie, DPA, RN, FAAN
Jones and Bartlett, 2000
Reviewed by Denise L. Martin, RN, BSN
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Closing the Immunization Gap
Immunization levels for minority children and adults still lag behind those of the majority population. Many federally funded initiatives are working to combat this disparity--and minority nurses are fighting in the front lines.
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Careers in Red, White and Blue
Whether your nursing expertise is in the clinical, academic or research setting, working for the federal government can be a rewarding opportunity to take your skills to the next level and improve minority health outcomes on a national scale.
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Recruiting and Retaining Minority Nursing Faculty
Because there are still so few minority and male nursing professors, nursing schools that hope to increase the diversity of their faculty face stiff competition and steep challenges. But despite the supply/demand imbalance, it can be done. The keys to success: commitment, creativity and cultural sensitivity.
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Jump-Starting Research Careers
A National Institutes of Health program helps future minority nurse researchers gain valuable experience while still in nursing school.
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Hot Jobs, Emerging Careers
From the computer department to fitness and yoga centers, some of 2004’s most in-demand nursing specialty careers are in settings that just might surprise you.
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Diversity in Action
Armed with a major grant from a private endowment, four North Carolina hospitals have joined forces in an aggressive campaign to recruit more people of color and men into nursing careers.
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Spirits in the Dark
For minority nurses, the rapidly growing specialty of correctional mental health nursing can be a unique and rewarding opportunity to provide culturally sensitive care to one of America’s neediest populations.
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Creating a Sacred Space
Nurses who work with minority populations must learn to balance technology with spirituality.
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The Power of a Pear
Using a culturally competent approach and an unusual teaching aid, a nurse educator in New Orleans is helping both African-American and Taiwanese women reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer.
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Community Spirit
In Los Angeles, a community development organization is partnering with local colleges and hospitals to develop a much-needed resource: more Latino nurses.
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A Cry for Help
Nurses of color must recognize the important role they can play in fighting the growing epidemic of kidney disease in minority communities.
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Public Works
Careers in public health nursing offer minority nurses a unique opportunity to make a difference in a really big way--by improving the health of entire communities
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Divine Inspiration
Many minority nurses are concerned about making health care education more accessible to low-income students. But how many nurses actually start their own college? Linda Smith did--with a little help from above.
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From Minority Nurse to Nurse Practitioner
Because nurse practitioners are able to provide primary care and prescribe treatments, this advanced practice career can empower minority nurses to make an even bigger difference in eliminating health disparities
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Internship Japanese Style
An international nursing student gets a rare chance to do her senior-year clinical observation with a famous doctor from her homeland--and learns lessons for a lifetime.
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