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New Kidney Disease Detection Guidelines Target Minority Patients
According to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), one in nine adults in the U.S. has chronic kidney disease (CKD), yet most of them are undiagnosed and are not receiving medical treatment.
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Women of Color Face Wide Range of Unequal Health Outcomes
Women of color account for approximately one-third of all adult women in the U.S. Yet compared to women who are members of the white majority, minority women continue to bear a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality from a wide range of health problems--from heart disease, lung cancer, breast cancer and HIV/AIDS to suicide and lack of adequate medical insurance.
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Opening Doors
By adding more flexibility, convenience and support services to their programs, nursing schools are taking bold steps to make it easier for minority nurses to go back to school
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D is for Diabetes--and Disparities
Diabetes is the focus of another recently released major study on the health status of women in the United States.
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Maya Angelou Collaborates With Medical School to Launch Minority Health Research Center
When you hear the name of acclaimed African-American writer Maya Angelou, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
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Burnes Bolton Appointed to Federal Nursing Advisory Council
Under former President Bill Clinton’s administration, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) set a pattern of tapping minority nurses to serve in key health care policy-making roles. Among them were Beverly Malone, RN, PhD, FAAN, who held the post of deputy assistant secretary for health; Patricia Montoya, RN, MPA, (commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families); and Linda Burnes Bolton, RN, DrPH, FAAN, who served on the National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, Research and Evaluation from 1992 to 1995.
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Author of First-Ever Book on the History of Minority Nurses Wants to Hear Your Stories
Did you know that abolitionist leaders Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth both worked as nurses during the Civil War?
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More Minority Americans Opt for Plastic Surgery
More Americans are getting face lifts and other types of cosmetic surgery these days--and more of those faces being lifted are likely to be non-Caucasian than ever before
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Racism in the Nursing Workplace Still a Persistent Problem
Have you ever been passed over for a promotion because of your race or ethnicity, even though you met all other qualifications for the job?
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Minority Men’s Health Disparities Reaching Crisis Proportions
When it comes to health, American men who are non-white and poor are suffering from such a disproportionate burden of serious health problems compared to white males that some public health leaders believe the situa-tion has become a national crisis that will continue to worsen unless urgent interventions are made.
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Two New Studies Paint Bleak Picture of Minority Health in America
Nurses who are familiar with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ national initiative to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health by 2010 are already well aware that accomplishing these goals will be no small task. Now two groundbreaking new reports on...
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Honoring Diversity
Under the leadership of one of the nation’s most distinguished minority nurses, Sigma Theta Tau International launches a bold initiative to increase the racial, cultural and gender diversity of its membership
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PeriOpportunities
A severe shortage of perioperative nursing staff plus the need for culturally sensitive surgical care add up to tremendous opportunities for minority nurses--and the OR is just the beginning
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Resources for Osteoporosis Prevention and Treatment
A landmark study published this past December in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that millions of American women age 50 and older who have not been tested for osteoporosis (porous bones) may be at an increased risk of suffering serious bone fractures...
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“Getting to the Heart” of Culturally Competent Care
There are currently some 500 American Indian tribes in the U.S., each with its own unique cultural beliefs, customs and traditions...
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A Policy of Caring
Whether you’re looking for a career change or just a different way to provide culturally sensitive care, insurance industry nursing can offer many rewarding opportunities
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One Name, Many Faces
After years of viewing them as a single homogenous group, the health care profession is finally taking a look at the differences between the various Asian American/Pacific Islander populations
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UIC Nursing School Brings AIDS Education to Malawi
The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to launch an unusual AIDS prevention community outreach project—unusual because the communities are located in Malawi, one of the poorest countries in Africa.
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The Face of Nursing Faculty 2001-2002: Still White and Female
Despite the efforts of many of the nation’s nursing schools to recruit more minorities and men into their faculty ranks over the past year, a new report from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) paints a disappointing picture of the continued lack of diversity in the world of nursing academia.
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FIU Devotes its 20th Anniversary Year to Increasing Diversity in Nursing
The year 2002 marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of Florida International University (FIU) School of Nursing in Miami. But instead of celebrating this milestone year by blowing out candles and partying, the school has embarked on an ambitious, multifaceted year-long campaign to address South Florida’s severe nursing shortage—the worst in over 10 years—and to increase the representation of minorities in the region’s nursing workforce to better reflect the cultural diversity of its patient population.
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From Minority Nurse to Nurse Anesthetist
Though it’s less than a year old, a program for increasing diversity in CRNA education is already showing promising results
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In Conference: NSNA
National Student Nurses’ Association Anniversary Convention Celebrates 50-Year Commitment to Cultural Diversity
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Researching With Respect
Nurses conducting research in American Indian communities must learn to be more culturally sensitive to tribes’ unique needs
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