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A Starring Role Model
Inspired by her mother, a real-life nurse, actress Jada Pinkett Smith is boosting the visibility of minority nurses in the media as the star and executive producer of TNT’s “HawthoRNe”
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Mobility limitations in African Americans linked to depressive symptoms
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D.N.P.s and Ph.D.s: Your Questions Answered
Doctoral degrees require sacrifices on multiple levels—financial, personal, and professional. Two nurse professionals offer their advice for navigating this investment in the most advanced degree, and why it is worth it.
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Balancing Baby: Returning to Work After Maternity Leave
The most joyful and life-changing period of nurses' lives can often be stressful without a plan for balancing work and family life after maternity or paternity leave. Here is a review of some of the best practices to make sure this transition is as smooth and happy as possible.
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NBNA 40th Anniversary Celebration
It was 40 years ago—half a lifetime—that Dr. Lauranne Sams founded the National Black Nurses Association. Today, the NBNA represents 150,000 nurses, a resource for black nurses everywhere.
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It's MinorityNurse.com's 10th Anniversary!
It’s a year of anniversaries for minority nurses. The National Black Nurses Association is celebrating 40 years, Minority Nurse magazine just published its 15th anniversary issue, and MinorityNurse.com is now 10 years old!
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From Hate to Hope: A Nursing Journey
One nurse recounts her years in the field, climbing the professional ladder while watching the sociopolitical climate of the United States change around her—for better or worse.
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Leadership in Style
Her drive, ambition, and determination have led Rowena Elliott to become the first African American president of the American Nephrology Nurses Association. The strength of her leadership qualities and character has made her a memorable nurse educator and role model for minority nursing students everywhere.
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Diverse Peoples, Diverse Needs: A History of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York
A look back at Lillian Wald's groundbreaking organization
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Igniting Dreams: 45 Years of the NSNA Breakthrough to Nursing Project
The National Student Nurses Association's Breakthrough to Nursing Project encourages culturally diverse students to pursue nursing, and this year marks their 45th anniversary
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Looking for Black Nurses Leaders: A Call to Action
The nurses who authored Advancing the Dream through Faculty Diversity and this article, each reached out to Minority Nurse in search of a place to share their experiences as nurses, as African Americans. From different areas of the country and different professional backgrounds, never knowing one another, they both submitted abstracts that put forth the same beliefs and arguments, grounded in a desire to improve diversity in the workplace as a means to improve the quality of life in the black community.
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Why Volunteer?
HIV nursing in Nigeria and Kenya through the eyes of a nurse practitioner from the Bronx
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An Open Letter to Historically Black Nursing Schools
Why now is the time to consider starting a nurse anesthesia program
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The A (for Achievement) List
Please Join Minority Nurse in Applauding These Outstanding Nursing Leaders’ Recent Appointments, Honors and Awards
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Nursing Ambassador to the World
From her native North Carolina to Africa, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and more, nursing pioneer Mary Mills blazed a truly international trail as a public health leader
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VITAS Honors National Black Nurses Association for Black History Month
What better way for a national health care organization to commemorate Black History Month than by honoring the historical contributions of African American nurses?
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My Experience in Belize
An African-American nursing student travels to Central America in search of adventure--and discovers herself.
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Coming Together to Succeed
Support groups enhance the academic and career readiness of minority nursing students
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Historically Black Nursing School Receives Over $1 Million to Address Nursing Shortage
By the year 2010, more than 40% of the nursing work force will be over the age of 50 and by the year 2020, the demand for nurses will exceed the supply by 20%, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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African-American Nurses Honored at “Color of Care” Awards Reception
Exemplary black nurses and organizations who have made significant contributions to the advancement of nursing in such areas as education and military service, philanthropy and health equity and civil rights and organizational development were recently honored...
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