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Northern Exposure

Although many researchers still group them together with American Indians, Alaska Natives are finally emerging as a population with its own identity and unique health care needs.

In Conference: NSNA

National Student Nurses’ Association Anniversary Convention Celebrates 50-Year Commitment to Cultural Diversity

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Winners’ Circle

What does it take to turn a nursing scholarship applicant into a scholarship winner? We asked the experts--scholarship recipients and judges!

The Wide World of Sports/Fitness Nursing

From working in hospital fitness centers and sports injury clinics to teaching fitness classes in the inner city, this emerging career specialty offers nurses many opportunities to be MVPs.

Internship Japanese Style

An international nursing student gets a rare chance to do her senior-year clinical observation with a famous doctor from her homeland--and learns lessons for a lifetime.

From Minority Nurse to Nurse Practitioner

Because nurse practitioners are able to provide primary care and prescribe treatments, this advanced practice career can empower minority nurses to make an even bigger difference in eliminating health disparities

Divine Inspiration

Many minority nurses are concerned about making health care education more accessible to low-income students. But how many nurses actually start their own college? Linda Smith did--with a little help from above.

Public Works

Careers in public health nursing offer minority nurses a unique opportunity to make a difference in a really big way—by improving the health of entire communities

A Cry for Help

Nurses of color must recognize the important role they can play in fighting the growing epidemic of kidney disease in minority communities.

Community Spirit

In Los Angeles, a community development organization is partnering with local colleges and hospitals to develop a much-needed resource: more Latino nurses.

The Power of a Pear

Using a culturally competent approach and an unusual teaching aid, a nurse educator in New Orleans is helping both African-American and Taiwanese women reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer.

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