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Nursing Employers
United We Stand
Minority representation in nursing unions is on the rise. But is joining a union right for you?
A Healthy Start
Minority nurses involved in Head Start programs are making a difference in the lives of at-risk children.
On the Front Lines of Diversity
A career in health care diversity management can help minority nurses
move into leadership roles while fighting for equal opportunity.
Completing the Circle
America's unprecedented multiculturalism is creating an urgent need for
culturally competent end-of-life care—and for the cultural sensitivity
that minority nurses can contribute.
21st Century Midwives
As the nurse-midwifery profession continues to grow, so does the
need for more minority nurses to join their ranks.
A Harvest of Hope
Meet five Hispanic nurses who are making a difference in improving the
quality of health care for migrant farm workers.
Legal Eagles
Put nursing, law and business together and what do you get? The
exciting field of legal nurse consulting!
Saving
Lives on the Front Lines
The diversity-intensive field of emergency nursing offers minority nurses
a rewarding opportunity to make a life-or-death difference in patient
care.
Serving Where the Need Is Greatest
A nursing career in the U.S. Public Health Service offers unlimited
opportunities to serve your country while providing care to underserved
populations around the world.
Career Cruisin’
Cruise ships offer minority nurses the opportunity to make paradise their workplace.
Nursing
the Human Spirit
Opportunities abound for minority nurses in the challenging but rewarding
field of mental health nursing.
Men in Nursing
“Times and rules have changed a lot since I was first in nursing school
back in the ’60s,” recalls Eddie Hebert, R.N., B.S.N., director of
nurses at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Houma,
La. “However, many of the prejudices which males faced back then are
still with us today.”
AIDS Doesn’t Discriminate
Delbra Peters, R.N., B.S.N., has seen the changing face of AIDS care
during the eight years she has worked for the Visiting Nurses
Association of Dallas. As a member of the VNA’s AIDS team, Peters
has worked with many dying patients—but that isn’t the sole
focus of her job.
Information, Please...
For minority nurses interested in a piece of the high-tech career
pie, the growing field of nursing informatics may be just the
ticket—and one that a rising number of nurses are pursuing with
great satisfaction.
The Management Path
Experts agree that the time is right for minority nurses to move into
hospital leadership positions.
Critical Need
An unprecedented shortage of nurses with specialized critical care
skills and experience is opening up a wealth of rewarding new
opportunities for minority nurses.
Careers in the Military
By land, sea or air, a career in the military offers nurses broad
opportunities with few limitations.
Body and Soul
In cities across the country, nurses are responding to a higher calling,
one that enables them to wed their avocation with a vocation: meeting
the health and spiritual needs of their patients by serving as parish
nurses.
Academic Programs: Undergraduate
Ever Upward
An innovative online college offers an unusual solution to the nursing shortage: helping minority medical technicians, LPNs and others move up to RN careers.
Academic Update
News from the world of academic nursing.
Mentors to the Max
When it comes to recruiting, developing and retaining American Indian nursing students, mentor programs can make all the difference in the world.
Learning About Difference
A growing number of nursing schools are implementing cultural competency programs to prepare nursing students to care for a diverse patient population.
On the Fast Track
Looking to jump-start your advanced education? A
“fast-track” nursing degree program may be just the answer!
Reach Out, We’ll Be There
From pre-nursing programs and mentors to more accessible classrooms,
nursing schools are using creative strategies to attract—and
keep—minority students.
Academic Forum: Mixed Messages
Are nursing programs doing enough to make minority students feel welcome?
Academic Forum: Coming Together to Succeed
Support groups can enhance the academic and career readiness
of minority nursing students
Networking and Mentoring on Campus
Networking involves making connections, establishing relationships
and building a support structure for your personal, academic and
professional success. As a student in any academic program, establishing
a supportive network can seem daunting, but once you start making
connections with faculty or colleagues, you’ll find that your
network will start to grow and flourish over time.
R.N. to B.S.N.
Ambition for a better life is only one reason nurses return to
school.
Diminishing Returns
The United States is currently experiencing a nursing
shortage—one that is driven not by an insufficient number of
nurses, but by an increased demand for nurses with the skills,
competencies and experience needed to staff our health care
facilities.
Academic Programs: Graduate
Winning the Grad School Game
Choosing a graduate nursing program can be a daunting experience.
Here’s how to find the program that’s right for you—and
maximize your chances of getting in.
These Nurses Mean Business
How many hospitals today have a minority nurse as CEO?
Nurse Practitioner Enrollments on the Rise
The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties and the
American Association of Colleges of Nursing recently conducted a survey
that found graduation rates of nurse practitioners rose 15.8% in fall
1998.
Advanced Degrees: Your Face Here
If you think an advanced degree in nursing is for you—that your
expertise, your career and the community you serve would benefit from
it—you may well be right.
Faculty Opportunities
Those Who Can Teach
Minority nurses who have chosen to work in academia talk about why they love their rewarding careers.
Be Prepared
Recruiting minority nursing faculty is a two-way street: Both schools and potential candidates must be fully up to the challenge.
Passing With Flying Colors
When developing multicultural nursing school curricula, don’t
overlook the need for culturally sensitive testing.
Minority Enrollments Up, But Not Minority Faculty
The number of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled in nursing schools
during the 2000-2001 academic year increased slightly from a year ago,
according to the latest annual survey by the American Association of
Colleges of Nursing, 2000-2001 Enrollment and Graduations in Baccalaureate
and Graduate Programs in Nursing.
Financial Aid
Scholarships, Fellowships, Loans, Oh My!
Many options are available to help minority students meet the challenge
of financing their nursing education. The key is knowing where—and
how—to find them.
At the Head of the Class
Minority Nurse 2001 Scholarship Winners.
Taken For Granted
Mastering the basics of grant writing can increase nurse researchers’ chances
of being successfully funded.
Scholarship Success
The professional benefits of continuing your nursing education are
numerous. Less numerous may be your options for coming up with the
dollars to pay for it.
Serving
the Underserved
Sometimes the path to financial aid ends up leading minority nurses
to rewarding careers serving the neediest of populations.
Minority Health
Earth,
Wind, Fire and Water
For American Indian and Alaska Native nurses, combining traditional beliefs with modern treatments not only provides culturally competent care but helps keep their heritage alive.
Modern Nursing, Traditional Beliefs
Minority nurses can play a crucial role in helping Asian patients bridge
the gap between East and West, old and new.
Research
Infusion
of Funding
Securing funds for cancer research was the topic of a recent meeting
of minority nurses.
Jump-Starting
Research Careers
A National Institutes of Health program helps future minority nurse
researchers gain valuable experience while still in nursing school.
Eureka!
Investigating Careers in Research
Do you like to ask questions and discover answers? Consider joining
the ranks of minority nurse scientists!
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