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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
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Montana State University: Nursing Students Match State’s Diversity
Nov 01, 2016
More than 6 percent of those living in Montana are Native American, and thanks to a program that just received a federal boost, Montana State University’s College of Nursing has a student body that matches that population. Since 1999, the Caring for Our Own Program more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Montana
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Breakthrough Leader in Nursing to Speak at White House-Hosted Conference
Oct 11, 2016
Monica R. McLemore, PhD, MPH, RN, assistant professor at the Family Health Care Nursing Department at the University of California, San Francisco, will speak—fast—in a lightning talk at the White House Frontiers Conference Thursday, October 13, in Pittsburgh. As a 2015 more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Location: California Pennsylvania
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Charting Nursing’s Future: A Valuable Resource
Oct 06, 2016
Charting Nursing’s Future has been providing information on key policy issues for the past 10 years, and highlights the important role nurses play in building a Culture of Health. In its September 2016 issue, the American Journal of Nursing praised Charting Nursing’s more
Issues: Building Healthier Communities Collecting Workforce Data Fostering Interprofessional Collaboration Improving Access to Care Increasing Diversity in Nursing Promoting Nursing Leadership Transforming Nursing Education Location: National
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Greater Birmingham Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses chartered
Sep 20, 2016
AL-HAC is pleased to announce that, on August 31, 2016, the Greater Birmingham Chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHA) was officially chartered. After years of dedicated hard work, a group of enthusiastic registered nurses, license practical nurses, nursing students and nurse leaders from the Birmingham metro area and surrounding more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: Alabama
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Nursing, Not Football, Now Goal for Two Athletes
Sep 16, 2016
One cites the team atmosphere; the other, the value of hard work and staying calm under pressure. Both are football players-turned-nurses who see common elements in their old and new professions. Patrick Hill and Brandon Rice, two star college players who grew up in Los Angeles, did not meet until each found his way to the UCLA School of Nursing, where more
Issues: Increasing Diversity in Nursing Location: California