Not content with just helping local students succeed, San José’s Filipino Nursing Students Association sets its sights on creating a nationwide support network
Each patient, no matter what his or her heritage, will interpret and use cultural norms in slightly different ways; nurses treating those from Southeast Asian countries experience—and should familiarize themselves—with these cultural nuances.
By now, you are probably all too aware of the toll heart disease, hypertension, and diabetes are taking on minority communities. But what can you do to curb the trend in the patients you treat—and in yourself?
Submitted by Minority Nurse Staff on Thu, 2012-03-15 14:26
Women of minority status have been historically underserved by the medical community and little research has been done to assess their health and experiences with breast cancer.
