Feature Articles From 2009
| Standing Up for the Right to Be Ourselves | Gay nurses bring diversity and unique perspectives to the nursing workplace. |  | MN 2009 Summer |
| On the Cutting Edge of Care | As a Gamma Knife radiosurgery nurse, Evelyn Badran provides her patients with the best of two worlds: state of-the-art medical technology and compassionate, culturally sensitive nursing care |  | MN 2009 Summer |
| A Starring Role Model | Inspired by her mother, a real-life nurse, actress Jada Pinkett Smith is boosting the visibility of minority nurses in the media as the star and executive producer of TNT’s “HawthoRNe” |  | MN 2009 Summer |
| Historically Black Nursing Schools: Yesterday and Today | Back in the days when segregation was the law of the land, they opened |  | MN 2009 Summer |
| Minority Women and Lupus | Women of color have higher incidence rates of this serious autoimmune disease than their white counterparts. They also tend to have a more severe and aggressive form of the disease. What role can nurses play in helping to fight lupus disparities? |  | MN 2009 Summer |
| Body and Soul | For a dedicated group of parish nurses in Mississippi, educating communities of color about health promotion and disease prevention isn’t a job—it’s a spiritual calling |  | MN 2009 Summer |
| Something Old, Something New | The well-established role of clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and the emerging role of clinical nurse leader (CNL) both offer nurses an exceptional opportunity to make a real difference in improving minority health outcomes |  | MN 2009 Summer |
| Nursing Ambassador to the World | From her native North Carolina to Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and more, nursing pioneer Mary Mills blazed a truly international trail as a public health leader |  | MN 2009 Summer |
| Students on a Mission | A class trip to Southeast Asia gives a diverse group of FNP students the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of global health care challenges while helping the underserved. |  | MN 2009 Spring |
| Come On In, Make Yourself At Home | A growing number of specialty nursing associations are not only reaching out to attract a more ethnically, culturally and gender-diverse membership but making sure their new minority members feel welcome enough to stay. |  | MN 2009 Spring |
| Maximizing Minority Students’ Success in Clinicals | What clinical faculty can do to help students of color and male students overcome barriers to successful performance in this crucial stage of their nursing education. |  | MN 2009 Spring |
| A Magnet Moment: The Pursuit of Excellence in VA Nursing | How one Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital developed a successful model program to help it meet one of the key criteria for earning the prestigious Magnet hospital designation. |  | MN 2009 Spring |
| Kids Come in All Colors | With the population of Americans under the age of 18 becoming more and more culturally diverse, minority pediatric nurses and nurse practitioners are in increasingly high demand. |  | MN 2009 Spring |
| Boomer in Chief | As the first Asian American president of AARP, Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, MS, FAAN, brings a unique combination of nursing expertise, advocacy and cultural competence to the national dialogue on ensuring quality health care for older Americans. |  | MN 2009 Spring |
| What Critical Care Nurses Need to Know About Minority Health Disparities | Why are some racial and ethnic minority patients so much sicker than their white counterparts when they’re admitted to the ICU? A variety of complex medical, socio-economic and cultural factors are to blame. |  | MN 2009 Spring |
| Touching Hearts | African American women have a disproportionately high rate of heart disease, yet many of them are unaware that they’re at risk. By reaching out to black communities where the need is greatest, nurses can increase awareness and empower vulnerable women to reduce their risk. |  | MN 2009 Spring |
| Culture and Autism | A nurse with an autistic son and a multicultural marriage shares her personal insights on how different cultures have different ways of thinking about and coping with autism in the family |  | MN 2009 Spring |
| Yes Nurses Can | Minority Nurse's open letter on healthcare to newly elected President Barack Obama. |  | MN 2009 Winter |
| Mentoring African American Nursing Students: A Holistic Approach | Just as it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a community of nurturing, empowering nurse mentors to recruit and retain black students in baccalaureate nursing programs. |  | MN 2009 Winter |
| Trouble in Paradise | In Hawaii, nurses are helping Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders reconnect with their traditional culture to combat a daunting array of health disparities |  | MN 2009 Winter |
| Open to Interpretation | From telephone language lines to video interpreting systems, a variety of options are available to help health care facilities eliminate language barriers and provide better care to patients with limited English proficiency |  | MN 2009 Winter |
| Opportunities in Forensic Nursing | Even though it’s still hard to find a full-time career in this emerging specialty, the outlook for future jobs is promising and the need for more minority forensic nurses is growing |  | MN 2009 Winter |
| Putting the ER in Diversity | Today’s unprecedented demand for more culturally and linguistically competent emergency nurses means there’s never been a better time for minority nurses to pursue careers in this exciting, rewarding specialty |  | MN 2009 Winter |
| Providing Culturally Competent Sickle Cell Care | By serving as patient advocates, educating their peers and breaking down cultural barriers, nurses can help sickle cell disease patients overcome pain management disparities and receive more equitable care. |  | MN 2009 Winter |
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