Nine Nurses Talk About Equity-Minded Nursing

Jun 21, 2023

When the National Academy of Medicine released its 2021 report, The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and RWJF, took up the challenge to help implement the more

How I Became “The Health Equity NP”

Jun 05, 2023

I recently learned about and strongly resonated with the concept of the equity-minded nurse, as described by Piri Ackerman-Barger, PhD, RN, FAAN, senior health equity fellow for the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action, an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert more

Going Back to School to Advocate for Vulnerable Transgender People

May 16, 2023

Being an equity-minded nurse means not only having the desire to help and advocate for those who need help, but being that nurse who also has the right knowledge, skills and ability to represent those you serve. One of the essences of becoming an equity-minded nurse is to more

In Health Care, There is No Quality without Equity

Apr 24, 2023

In the pioneering publication, Crossing the Quality Chasm, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defined six domains of health care quality. These domains are efficiency, effectiveness, safety, timeliness, patient-centered, and equitable. Health care organizations nationwide have more

A Trauma-Informed Approach Provides Framework for Achieving Health Equity

Jan 25, 2023

We have known for years that health equity is possible only through eliminating racism, but we have yet to realize this imperative. The 2021 Future of Nursing Report1 and the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action2 (an initiative of AARP Foundation, AARP and the Robert Wood more

Gender-Affirming Nursing is Equity-Minded Nursing

Dec 08, 2022

The past year has seen an onslaught of politicians and talking heads scoring points at the expense of transgender and gender-nonbinary (TGNB) people.  Today’s headlines alone included “Transgender youth health care ban approved by Florida medical boards” and more

Achieving Health Equity for Black Men, One Barbershop Health Talk at a Time

Nov 10, 2022

photo credit: Getty Images/Blend Images Nursing students working on graduate degrees often get this one question from teachers and mentors: “What problem do you want to solve?” For Black men in nursing like us, who represent a minority within a minority in a profession more

Advancing Health Equity: The Rise of Equity-Minded Nurses

Sep 26, 2022

In the wake of a national inflection point after the highly publicized killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery in 2020, nurses have become even more activated to leverage the potential of the nursing profession to advance health equity. In May 2021, the more