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