Feature Articles From 2007
| Heart-to-Heart Talk | By providing culturally sensitive health education, nurses can play a leadership role in preventing cardiovascular disease disparities in African American communities |  | MN 2007 Fall |
| Fed Start | Paid government internship programs offer graduate students in nursing a unique opportunity to fast-track into rewarding careers as federal health policy-makers | MN 2007 Spring | |
| Nurses vs. HIV/AIDS Disparities: Creating Culturally Competent Interventions | In the conclusion of an exclusive two-part series, we examine the wide variety of resources available to help nurses develop their own culturally targeted solutions for addressing HIV/AIDS disparities in specific minority populations | MN 2007 Spring | |
| Negotiation Skills for Minority Nurses | Whether your goal is a promotion, a pay raise or support for your pet project, the key to getting what you want is to know--and communicate--what makes you valuable to your organization | MN 2007 Spring | |
| Going the Distance | The key to recruiting and retaining minority students in nursing doctoral programs is providing the cultural, academic and financial support they need to succeed | MN 2007 Spring | |
| Picture Perfect | How one Veterans Affairs nurse developed a creative, practical intervention for helping patients will low literacy skills understand and manage their self-medication regimens | MN 2007 Spring | |
| Turning Roadblocks into Stepping Stones | Never allowing personal adversity to hold her back, nurse educator Myriam Soto is the first Latina to receive the prestigious Johnson & Johnson Nursing Excellence Recognition Award. |  | MN 2007 Spring |
| Occupation: Keeping Workers Healthy | Careers in occupational health nursing offer minority nurses a rewarding opportunity to improve the health and safety of | MN 2007 Spring | |
| Developing Chapter Champions | Now in its fourth year, the Philippine Nurses Association of America’s chapter leadership development program helps PNAA chapter presidents build crucial skills that will benefit them personally and professionally | MN 2007 Spring | |
| Diamond Jubilee | Chi Eta Phi Sorority celebrates its 75th year of providing community service, fellowship and professional support for minorities in nursing. |  | MN 2007 Fall |
| Fighting Diabetes Disparities in Communities of Color | From Indian reservations and U.S./Mexico border communities to major urban centers, minority nurses are finding that culturally competent interventions and community outreach are beginning to make a difference in closing the diabetes gap. |  | MN 2007 Fall |
| Ethnopharmacology: What Nurses Need to Know | Race, ethnicity and culture can have a significant impact on how patients respond to certain medications--and even on how doctors prescribe them. |  | MN 2007 Fall |
| Recruiting and Retaining Hispanic Nursing Students | Armed with creativity, cultural sensitivity and federal funding, nursing schools throughout the country are developing innovative programs to help increase the representation of Hispanics in the nursing workforce. |  | MN 2007 Fall |
| Hurricane Katrina: Two Years Later | Ever since that fateful week in August 2005, nurses and students displaced by the storm have been slowly rebuilding their lives. But for many of these survivors, life will never be quite the same. |  | MN 2007 Fall |
| Making an Investment in Nursing | Juan Pineda, RN, always knew he wanted to work in health care, but his career path took a few detours along the way. After a stint in the finance industry, he finally found the way back to his true passion--nursing. |  | MN 2007 Fall |
| From “Small-Town Girl” to Pioneering Nurse Educator | Dr. May L. Wykle, the first African American dean of Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, talks to Minority Nurse about how she overcame prejudice to pursue her nursing education and why she has made it her lifelong mission to bring more minority students into the profession. |  | MN 2007 Fall |
| Majoring in Minority Health | Not so long ago, topics like minority health disparities and serving the needs of diverse patient populations were rarely taught in nursing classrooms. Today, a growing number of nursing schools are not only incorporating minority health into their curricula, they’re building whole degree programs around it. |  | MN 2007 Summer |
| Minority Nurse Retention in Doctoral Programs: What Works and Why | A review of the nursing literature reveals many proven strategies that have helped nursing schools increase minority doctoral students’ chances of staying the course and completing their degrees. | MN 2007 Summer | |
| Till Death Do Us Part | Compared to their white counterparts, terminally ill Americans of color are much less likely to receive the comfort of hospice care as they near the end of life. By choosing careers in hospice and palliative nursing, minority nurses can play a key role in helping to bridge this gap. |  | MN 2007 Summer |
| Filling a Need for Leaders | A unique collaboration between the National Association of Hispanic Nurses and the American Organization of Nurse Executives is helping the next generation of Hispanic nurses prepare to move into leadership roles |  | MN 2007 Summer |
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