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Career Cruisin’
Cruise ships offer minority nurses the opportunity to make paradise their workplace
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Breast Cancer Treatment Options: Do Minority Women Have a Choice?
A nurse researcher’s study of American Indian breast cancer patients uncovers some troubling disparities
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Eureka! Investigating Careers in Research
Do you like to ask questions and discover answers? Consider joining the ranks of minority nurse scientists!
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Book Reviews: 2001
Book review of The Mentor Connection in Nursing, by Connie Vance
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Old Enough to Learn Better
More minority students are entering nursing school later in life—but both students and educators agree that their age is an asset, not a liability
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25 and Counting
The National Association of Hispanic Nurses marks its first quarter century of advancing the agenda for Hispanic health care needs
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Earth, Wind, Fire and Water
For American Indian and Alaska Native nurses, combining traditional beliefs with modern treatments not only provides culturally competent care but helps keep their heritage alive
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Reach Out, We’ll Be There
From financial aid and mentors to more accessible classrooms, nursing schools are using creative strategies to attract—and keep—minority students
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Resolving Differences Within Diversity
Providing culturally competent health care also means being sensitive to intra-ethnic conflicts between patients and providers
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Mixed Messages
Are nursing programs doing enough to make minority students feel welcome?
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Coming Together to Succeed
Support groups enhance the academic and career readiness of minority nursing students
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Historically Black Nursing School Receives Over $1 Million to Address Nursing Shortage
By the year 2010, more than 40% of the nursing work force will be over the age of 50 and by the year 2020, the demand for nurses will exceed the supply by 20%, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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African-American Nurses Honored at “Color of Care” Awards Reception
Exemplary black nurses and organizations who have made significant contributions to the advancement of nursing in such areas as education and military service, philanthropy and health equity and civil rights and organizational development were recently honored...
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Coloring Books Inspire Future Minority Nurses
The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that jobs for RNs will experience faster-than-average growth through 2006, with job opportunities increasing by 21% in nursing, compared to 14% for all other occupations.
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Is Working the Late Shift Hazardous to Your Health?
Hospital nurses working the late shift may have a greater risk of developing heart disease because of the strain placed on the heart from working at night when it would otherwise be resting, according to a new study published in the American Heart Association’s Journal Circulation.
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New Breast Cancer Research Could Boost Survival Rate for Minority Women
A recent discovery by Italian scientist Dr. Pier Francesco Ferrucci, a cancer specialist at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan, could help more women survive breast cancer.
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Racial Divide for Kidney Transplants
African-American children and adolescents, regardless of gender, geographic location or family income, wait longer than white children for kidney transplants, according to a study from Johns Hopkins University’s Department of Pediatrics published in the October 2000 edition of the Journal of Pediatrics.
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Researchers Identify Gene for Type 2 Diabetes in Mexican Americans
The recent discovery of the major susceptibility gene for type 2 diabetes in Mexican Americans—10.6% of whom are inflicted with the disease—is being hailed as a major accomplishment. This finding, previously considered a genetic impossibility, will ultimately result in medical advancement for the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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American Diabetes Association Supports Increase in Indian Health Service Funding
Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions among Native Americans, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Over 12% of all Indian populations in the United States suffer from type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. The Pima Indians in Arizona have the highest rate of diabetes in the world—about half of adults between the ages of 30 and 64 are diagnosed with the disease.
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African Americans at Higher Risk for Stroke Than Whites
According to U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, African Americans are twice as likely to suffer a stroke than whites, making them more susceptible to stroke than any other ethnic group. Satcher spoke out on this health disparity during a stroke-screening event in Rockville, Md., called “Stroke Sunday.”
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$24 Million Awarded to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Because minority populations in the United States continue to endure health disparities compared to Caucasians—such as higher risks of high blood pressure, diabetes and certain forms of cancer—two agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are offering significant financial support to help close this gap.
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