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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

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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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

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

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