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Do you know a nurse whose exceptional dedication, service and innovation truly exemplifies what excellence in nursing is all about? Consider nominating him or her for the 2009 Cherokee Inspired Comfort Awards!

8 Diabetes News Briefs that Nurses Need to Know About

Once upon a time there was a nurse who felt bad because not enough African American men wanted to be nurses. So she decided to do something about it. She wrote a children’s book called My Hero, My Dad The Nurse.

What better way to celebrate 10 years of the Minority Nurse Magazine Scholarship Program than to congratulate our 10th Annual Scholarship winners!

As of September 2009, three-quarters of the way through President Obama's first year in office, how many of his promises to First Americans are actually being kept?

• Last fall, the National Lipid Association’s “Moving Beyond Cholesterol” survey of over 2,000 patients found that African Americans are less likely than other ethnic groups to be aware of the cardiovascular risks associated with unhealthy levels of triglycerides, a lipid (fat) found in the blood

It was the era of the Civil Rights Movement, a time when history was being made across America. In 1954, the Supreme Court's Brown vs. Board of Education decision mandated the racial integration of the nation's public schools. In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King led the March on Washington. And on May 2, 1965, the National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) made civil rights history in the nursing profession by launching the Breakthrough to Nursing Project (BTN).

Because the AIDS epidemic in America so disproportionately affects minority populations--especially African Americans and Latinos--culturally competent approaches to HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention are absolutely essential to eliminating the disparities.

This culturally competent wellness education DVD, sponsored by the HMO Kaiser Permanente in partnership with the American Academy of Family Physicians and the Institute of Church Administration and Management, comes with a guidebook covering healthy eating, exercise, health ris