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Measuring Diversity and its Role in Creating More Equitable Communities
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A diverse nursing workforce is one that can better support the well-being of the whole community. The Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action’s diversity dashboard indicator shows the progress that Action Coalitions are making as they create a nursing workforce that is as diverse as the nation. In the first of two webinars, Campaign Diversity Steering more
Issues: Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Take a Gander at Five Facts About Men in Nursing
Feb 10, 2017
MidAmerica Nazarene University wants people to know five things about men in nursing. For starters, Becker’s Hospital Review reports, in the 1800s nursing was considered a masculine profession. The publication lists a few other facts unearthed by the researchers at the more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Film Festivals Feature Documentary of American Indian Nurses
Feb 02, 2017
The North Dakota State University School of Nursing has pursued its goal of recruiting more American Indians into the field in a new way: film. “Essence of Healing: Journey of American Indian Nurses,” a documentary that follows 14 American Indian nurses from the Northern more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: North Dakota
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Increasing Diversity in the Nursing Workforce is a Challenge. Could Licensed Practical Nurses be Part of the Solution?
Jan 06, 2017
There are more than 21,000 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) in Massachusetts alone. Beginning as an LPN affords those with low income, single parents, career changers, and new immigrants a relatively quick admission to the workforce. This brings a more diverse population into nursing that otherwise may not have the opportunity to enter the profession. There more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: Massachusetts
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Diversity Made the List of New “Power of Ten”
Nov 23, 2016
This is the second in a series of posts about the top issues facing nursing today as covered in The Power of Ten: A Conversational Approach to Tackling the Top Ten Priorities in Nursing. As a contributor in the second edition of The Power of Ten, I was excited and honored more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: National
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Good, busy year for the Nurse Diversity Council of Pennsylvania
Nov 14, 2016
In Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Action Coalition’s Nurse Diversity Council (PA-NDC) has been busy bolstering the nursing workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve! The PA-NDC’s mission is to increase diversity throughout more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: Pennsylvania
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Men Tell Their Stories About Their Moves to Nursing
Nov 07, 2016
Male students represented approximately 12 percent of baccalaureate and graduate nursing students in 2015, up from 9.5 percent in 2005, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. In a piece headlined “Why I Became a Nurse,” four men tell MinorityNurse.com more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing
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Journal Celebrates Education Program’s Successes
Nov 04, 2016
Accelerated nursing programs are designed to expand the nursing workforce by providing professionals with skills in other fields and students with non-nursing degrees a faster route to becoming registered nurses. A special issue of the Journal of Professional Nursing provides more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Transforming Nursing Education Location: National