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The Case for Forensic Nursing
If you’re a fan of mystery novels and true-crime dramas, this exciting career that combines nursing with detective work and criminal law is well worth investigating.
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Lupus a Growing Threat for Minority Women
While efforts to close racial and ethnic health gaps in such areas as cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and cardiovascular disease are frequently in the national spotlight, lupus is one minority health disparity that has received relatively little attention.
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“Clair Huxtable” Helps Raise Awareness of the Link Between Heart Disease and Diabetes
Former President Bill Clinton's initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health categorizes cardiovascular disease and diabetes as two separate health issues. Yet the connection between these two conditions is so strong that it is virtually impossible to tackle one without also addressing the other.
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Winners’ Circle
What does it take to turn a nursing scholarship applicant into a scholarship winner? We asked the experts--scholarship recipients and judges!
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Minority Nurses Take Center Stage at ANA Convention
Minority nurses were a constant and powerful presence at the 2002 American Nurses Association (ANA) Biennial Convention, held June 29-July 2 in Philadelphia.
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Rural Minority Health (But Couldn’t Find Information On)
When it comes to accessibility and quality of health care, people of color who live in remote rural areas are one of the most severely underserved populations in America.
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Another Perspective on Men in Nursing
In the Spring 2002 issue of Minority Nurse, our cover story on strategies for recruiting men into nursing examined, among other things, some of the stereotypes, prejudices and outright discrimination that continue to be significant challenges for men who choose to pursue this traditionally female career.
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Leveling the Playing Field for Tribal Colleges
Many of the nation’s 32 TCUs are underbudgeted, receive no state funding and are struggling to meet their operating costs.
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All Aboard for Cardiovascular Research TRAINing
Culturally sensitive nurse researchers investigate the causes of unequal heart disease outcomes between Caucasian Americans and the nation’s rapidly growing minority populations.
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DaimlerChrysler Donates Safety Seats to Save Minority Kids’ Lives
Each year, thousands of children in the U.S. are killed or injured in car accidents because they were not riding in child safety seats or because the seats were not installed properly - and a disproportionate amount of those children are African American or Hispanic.
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First American Indian Nurse Named to Nursing Hall of Fame
On July 1, Susie Walking Bear Yellowtail, RN (1903-1981) became the first American Indian nurse to be inducted into the American Nursing Association’s prestigious Hall of Fame.
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Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day Targets African Americans
Physicians across the nation can expect to be busier than usual this fall, thanks to a new health promotion campaign launched by the federal Office of Minority Health (OMH).
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Strategic Plan for Nursing’s Future Includes Diversity on its Agenda
With America’s severe nursing shortage predicted to reach emergency levels by 2010, a national coalition of nursing leaders has united to launch a sweeping strategic action plan for ensuring the profession’s future health.
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Minority Children’s Health Gets Poor Report Card
In the year 2000, 86% of Caucasian children in the U.S. were reported by their parents to be in excellent or very good health, compared to only 75% of Hispanic children and 74% of African-American children.
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Is Healthy People 2010 Ignoring Hispanics?
The ambitious goal of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’ Healthy People 2010 program is to ensure good health and long life for all Americans...
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A World of Opportunities
Working in foreign countries is a great way for minority nurses to learn new skills, experience other cultures and make a real difference in improving global health.
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Making History
Call them courageous. Call them trailblazers. But for the generation of black nurses who helped achieve health care integration in the Civil Rights era, it was simply a matter of standing up for what was right.
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CLAS Action
Minority nurses can play a crucial role in implementing the new federal standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health care. So why are so many nurses still unaware that these standards exist?
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