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

Heart-to-Heart TalkMN 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.

Myriam SotoMN 2007 Spring
Occupation: Keeping Workers Healthy

Careers in occupational health nursing offer minority nurses a rewarding opportunity to improve the health and safety of America’s diverse workforce

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.

NCEMNA President Betty Smith Williams, DrPH, RN, FAAN, is an honorary member of Chi Eta Phi.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.

Leanna  Ray-Wilson, MSN, RN, CDEMN 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.

Jospha Campinha-Bacote PhD, MAR, APRN-BC, CNS, CTN, FAANMN 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.

Recent graduates of the Enfermeras en Escalera (E3) Program.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.

Dillard University nursing student Randi Horne attended classes in a Hilton Hotel.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.

Juan Pineda, RNMN 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.

Dr. Wykle at the "Art and Soul of nursing" Celebration held this past June in her honor.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.

Majoring in Minority HealthMN 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.

To help Latino families remember their loved ones who have passed away, Central Texas Medical Center Hospice celebrates the traditional Mexican Day of the Dead holiday.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

Fortuna "Tuni" Borrego, MSN, RNMN 2007 Summer

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