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Making Their Wishes Known
Americans of color are less likely to complete advance directives than their white counterparts. Nurses can play a leading role in educating minority patients about the importance of planning for end-of-life care.

A Seat at the Table
Careers in health policy offer nurses of color a unique opportunity to influence decision-making on critical minority health issues at the local, state and national level.

Lessons from My Father
American Indian nurse scientist John Lowe wanted to know why his Cherokee father had managed to avoid the health problems so often found in Indian communities. Today the answer to that question continues to inspire Lowe’s pioneering research on culturally competent solutions to Native American health disparities.

African American Nurse-Midwives: Continuing the Legacy
The profession of midwifery in the African American community has a rich history dating back to the days of slavery. Four centuries later, black nurse-midwives continue to play an important role in improving health outcomes for at-risk women and newborns.

Putting Native American Nursing Students on the Path to Success
From reservation/university partnerships to “student success facilitators,” nursing schools are creating innovative, culturally appropriate strategies to help American Indian and Alaska Native students go the distance to graduation.

Breast Cancer Crusader
For women’s health advocate Dr. Shirley Lampkin, fighting breast cancer disparities in the African American community isn’t just a job—it’s a mission.

Nursing Employers

African American Nurse-Midwives: Continuing the LegacyThe profession of midwifery in the African American community has a rich history dating back to the days of slavery. Four centuries later, black nurse-midwives continue to play an important role in improving health outcomes for at-risk women and newborns.

A Seat at the Table
Careers in health policy offer nurses of color a unique opportunity to influence decision-making on critical minority health issues at the local, state and national level.

Giving Patients a Second Chance at Life
By choosing careers in transplant nursing, minority nurses can not only save lives but also help increase the disproportionately low rates of organ donation in communities of color.



Till Death Do Us Part
Compared to their white counterparts, terminally ill Americans of color are much less likely to receive the comfort of hospice care as they near the end of life. By choosing careers in hospice and palliative nursing, minority nurses can play a key role in helping to bridge this gap.

Follow the Money
Which U.S. cities and regions offer the most job opportunities and highest salaries for nurses? (And let’s not forget diversity and livability!).

Critical Careers
The fast-paced, high-tech world of critical care nursing isn’t for everyone. But if you’re someone who thrives on challenge, you’ll find this specialty offers tremendous rewards and a huge demand for minority nurses.

Careers in Pediatric Oncology Nursing  
One of the most inspiring and rewarding specialties in nursing has an acute need for more minority nurses who can provide culturally sensitive care to kids with cancer and their families.

Culture is Skin Deep
Why the specialty of dermatology nursing needs more minority nurses who are attuned to the special skin health needs of people of color.

Where the Heart Is
The rapidly growing specialty of home health nursing urgently needs more minority nurses who can bring culturally sensitive care to ethnically diverse patients right where they live.

Management Team
The rapidly expanding field of disease management abounds with opportunities for culturally diverse nurses who can educate and empower patients with chronic illnesses to take charge of their own health.

Careers in Nephrology Nursing
The growing epidemic of kidney disease in minority communities is creating an urgent need for culturally competent nurses of color with training and skills in this specialty.

Public Works: Career in Public Health Nursing
Careers in public health nursing offer minority nurses a unique opportunity to make a difference in a really big way-by improving the health of entire communities

From Minority Nurse to Nurse Practitioner
Because nurse practitioners are able to provide primary care and prescribe treatments, this advanced practice career can empower minority nurses to make an even bigger difference in eliminating health disparities

Veterans Affairs Nursing in the 21st Century
The nursing shortage, the war in Iraq and increased diversity in the military are creating a whole new demand for skilled minority VA nurses.

Overcoming Bias in the Nursing Workplace 
Whether it's racist remarks from patients, problems with culturally insensitive co-workers or being passed up for a promotion because of your race or gender, the key is to stay cool and know your rights.

On the Case 
Careers in case management offer minority nurses the opportunity to bring cultural competency and patient advocacy into the managed care arena.

The Wide World of Sports/Fitness Nursing
From working in hospital fitness centers and sports injury clinics to teaching fitness classes in the inner city, this emerging career specialty offers nurses many opportunities to be MVPs.

Distance Nursing
By using the latest advances in computer technology to increase medically underserved minority communities' access to health care, telehealth nursing is truly a career for the 21st century

Trade Your Scrubs For A Business Suit!
From pharmaceutical and medical product manufacturers to insurance companies and consulting firms, the corporate sector offers minority nurses many opportunities to advance their careers beyond the bedside.

The Sky's the Limit
The exciting, fast-paced specialties of flight nursing and medical transport nursing offer career opportunities that soar above the crowd.

An Army (and Navy and Air Force) of Opportunities
In both wartime and peacetime, nursing careers in the military offer exceptional opportunities to see the world, serve your country and advance to leadership positions.

Hot Jobs, Emerging Careers
From the computer department to fitness and yoga centers, some of 2004's most in-demand nursing specialty careers are in settings that just might surprise you

Spirits in the Dark
For minority nurses, the rapidly growing specialty of correctional mental health nursing can be a unique and rewarding opportunity to provide culturally sensitive care to one of America’s neediest populations

Careers in Red, White and Blue
Whether your nursing expertise is in the clinical, academic or research setting, working for the federal government can be a rewarding opportunity to take your skills to the next level and improve minority health outcomes on a national scale

Management Plan
Meet five minority nurses in health care management positions whose ability to defy the odds, break through the barriers and take courageous risks helped them rise to the top of their field

Neonatal Need
It's one of the specialty areas that has been hardest hit by the RN staff shortage. But that's not the only reason why the field of neonatal nursing urgently needs more minority nurses.

A Military Victory
As one Hispanic nurse's personal success story shows, serving in the military can help minority nurses overcome socioeconomic barriers, advance their education and develop into leaders.

School Days
Although budget cutbacks are restricting hiring in some states, America's school districts are facing an unprecedented need for school nurses who can provide care to students with a diverse range of cultural and medical needs.

Careers in the Indian Health Service
Whether you're a Native American nurse who wants to improve the health of your people or any minority nurse who wants to make a difference helping underserved communities, the IHS urgently needs your expertise.

Preparing for the Future
From summer institutes and nursing school courses to workshops and online resources, many options are available to help minority nurses learn about the health care implications of the new genetics and genomics.

A Tale of Top Cities
We surveyed the nation coast-to-coast to find the best places for minority nurses to grow their careers. Here are the cities that earned top marks for demand, dollars and diversity.

Welcome to the Real World
Surviving the transition from nursing school to your first job as an RN can make the difference between a successful career and early burnout-especially for new minority and male nurses.

The Future is Now
DNA sequencing, gene mapping and genetically customized medical treatments are no longer the stuff of science fiction. They're revolutionizing health care now-and opening up a brave new world of opportunities for minority nurses.

Nurses With Borders
Culturally and linguistically competent Hispanic nurses can play a key role in reducing the serious health disparities faced by U.S.-Mexican border populations.

A World of Opportunities
Working in foreign countries is a great way for minority nurses to learn new skills, experience other cultures and make a real difference in improving global health.

The Case for Forensic Nursing
If you're a fan of mystery novels and true crime dramas, this exciting career that combines nursing with detective work and criminal law is well worth investigating.

PeriOpportunities
A severe shortage of perioperative nursing staff plus the need for culturally sensitive surgical care adds up to tremendous opportunities for minority nurses—and the OR is just the beginning.

A Policy of Caring
Whether you're looking for a career change or just a different way to provide culturally sensitive care,insurance industry nursing can offer many rewarding opportunities.

What Color Is Your Whistle?
Reporting incidents of wrongdoing in your workplace is always a risky business-but for minority nurses who blow the whistle, the stakes are even higher

Career Magnetism
Magnet hospitals are more than just great places for nurses towork-they're also employers with an exceptional commitment to helping minority nurses advance their careers.

Closing the Cancer Gap
By choosing careers in oncology nursing, nurses of color can not only help fill an urgent staffing need but also play a key role in addressing one of the nation's most serious minority health disparities.

Toxic Avengers
For years, disadvantaged neighborhoods have been unfairly singled out as targets for corporate polluting. Now minority environmental health nurses are helping these communities fight back.

Academic Programs: Undergraduate

Putting Native American Nursing Students on the Path to SuccessFrom reservation/university partnerships to “student success facilitators,” nursing schools are creating innovative, culturally appropriate strategies to help American Indian and Alaska Native students go the distance to graduation.

Degrees of Success: Recruiting and Retaining Hispanic Nursing Students
Armed with creativity, cultural sensitivity and federal funding, nursing schools throughout the country are developing innovative programs to help increase the representation of Hispanics in the nursing workforce.

Specializing in Diversity
A unique federally funded training program for critical care and emergency department nurses is not only addressing the specialty nurse staffing shortage, it’s increasing cultural competence as well.

Sihtoskatowin: “Supporting One Another” to Build Research Capacity
A unique collaborative program in Saskatchewan, Canada, is helping Native nursing students north of the border prepare to become nurse researchers.

Discrimination in Nursing School: Thing of the Past or Alive and Well?   
While it’s generally agreed that discrimination against minority students is less of a problem today than it used to be, some experts believe it is being replaced by new, more subtle forms of bias.

Recruiting Men into Nursing School
Nursing programs that have successfully increased the number of men in their student populations share their expert advice for attracting male students—and even more importantly, for keeping them.

Academic Forum: Baccalaureate Nursing in Rural Oklahoma
Strategies for Success

Nursing with the Hand You Are Given
The Americans with Disabilities Act was supposed to provide equal access to education for people with disabilities. So why do so many nursing students with disabilities still face discrimination in the admissions process?

“Homework” for Future Students with Disabilities
Going to nursing school doesn’t have to be an impossible dream just because you have a disability. The key is knowing what will be expected of you, knowing your options and knowing your rights.

Student Voices: Internship Japonese Style 
An international nursing student gets a rare chance to do her senior-year clinical observation with a famous doctor from her homeland-and learns lessons for a lifetime

Growing Our Own
By establishing innovative pre-recruitment programs at local high schools, more and more nursing schools are cultivating the next generation of minority nurses right in their own backyards

Academic Forum: Life Support
A multifaceted program in Detroit is not only helping nursing students from disadvantaged backgrounds succeed academically, it's teaching them life skills as well

Community Spirit
In Los Angeles, a community development organization is partnering with local colleges and hospitals to develop a much-needed resource: more Latino nurses

Academic Updates
From the Summer 2003 issue of Minority Nurse magazine.

Parental Guidance Suggested
The "Access and Success" program gives nursing students who are parents the support and encouragement they need to stay in college.

Welcome to the Real World
Surviving the transition from nursing school to your first job as an RN can make the difference between a successful career and early burnout-especially for new minority and male nurses.

Does the NCLEX-RN® Pass the Test for Cultural Sensitivity?
Some nursing leaders think the RN licensing exam fails to consider the needs of minority and international graduates. Others disagree. Who's right?

Academic Updates
From thw Winter '03 issue of Minority Nurse magazine.

Awakening a Passion for Research
A federally funded partnership between a large university and a small, minority-serving school helped one Native American student discover her true calling as a nurse.

Openings Doors
By adding more flexibility, convenience and support services to their programs, nursing schools are taking bold steps to make it easier for minority nurses to go back to school.

Mentoring to Empower
An unusual mentoring program in California helps minority students master the "three Cs" of academic success-communication, comfort level and confidence

Helping At-Risk Kids Get “Teen Smart“
In a unique community partnership, student nurses teamed up with inner city high school teachers and students to help reduce minority teens' health risks. Their secret weapon: The Internet.

Academic Programs: Graduate

Practice Made Perfect
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degrees, a clinically focused alternative to the traditional nursing PhD, are opening new doors of opportunity for minority advanced practice nurses.

Academic Forum: Increasing the Numbers, Advancing Careers
By providing students with financial and cultural support, the Native Nurses Career Opportunity Program is helping to increase the supply of master's-prepared advanced practice American Indian nurses.

Majoring in Minority Health
Not so long ago, topics like minority health disparities and serving the needs of diverse patient populations were rarely taught in nursing classrooms. Today, a growing number of nursing schools are not only incorporating minority health into their curricula, they're building whole degree programs around it.

Minority Nurse Retention in Doctoral Programs: What Works and Why
A review of the nursing literature reveals many proven strategies that have helped nursing schools increase minority doctoral students' chances of staying the course and completing their degrees.

A Faster Path to PhD
Accelerated BSN-to-PhD programs can help minority nurses get an earlier start on productive careers as nurse scientists.

Mastering Master's Entry Programs
These accelerated MSN programs for students with degrees in fields other than nursing are helping growing numbers of minority students fast-track into advanced practice nursing careers.

Bridging the Barriers to Research Careers
By helping talented students of color make the transition from MSN degrees to PhD programs, the federally funded Bridges to the Doctoral Degree initiative is working to increase the number of minority nurse scientists.

My Experience in Belize
An African-American nursing student travels to Central America in search of adventure-and discovers herself.

Academic Updates
From the Summer 2003 issue of Minority Nurse magazine.

Academic Updates
From thw Winter '03 issue of Minority Nurse magazine.

Awakening a Passion for Research
A federally funded partnership between a large university and a small, minority-serving school helped one Native American student discover her true calling as a nurse.

Openings Doors
By adding more flexibility, convenience and support services to their programs, nursing schools are taking bold steps to make it easier for minority nurses to go back to school.

Flying with the Eagles
Are minority nurse leaders born or made? At a unique leadership development program in New Jersey, the answer is "both."

MBA Program Created Exclusively for Health Care Professionals
If you're a nurse with eight to ten years of work experience, are highly motivated and are seeking to break through the glass ceiling into the management arena, the Health Care Executive MBA program at the University of California, Irvine's Graduate School of Management may be of interest to you.

Dr. Nurse
As nursing schools nationwide focus their energies on increasing minority enrollment in doctoral programs, there's never been a better time to advance your career by earning a PhD.

Academic Programs: CRNA

The Minority Student's Guide to Nurse Anesthesia Programs
How to get in, how to survive and how to find a program that welcomes diversity.

From RN to CRNA
A severe shortage of nurse anesthetists plus a growing need for culturally and linguistically competent anesthesia care make this advanced practice specialty an ideal career for minority nurses.

From Minority Nurse to Nurse Anesthetist
Though it's less than a year old, a program for increasing diversity in CRNA education is already showing promising results

Faculty Opportunities

Minority Nurse Educators in Cyberspace: A Progress Report
Now entering its third year, an innovative federally funded program designed to increase nursing students' access to ethnically diverse faculty is a steadily growing success.

The Faculty Fast Track
A severe nursing faculty shortage, plus the need for greater diversity at the front of the classroom, are fueling the growth of master’s-level nurse educator training programs that can help get minority nurses into the teaching pipeline more quickly

Teaching Nursing Students About Minority Health Disparities
When your students graduate and go out into the world, will they be ready, willing and able to join the fight against racial and ethnic health inequities? Here's what some nursing educators are doing to make sure their students are prepared

Recruiting and Retaining Minority Nursing Faculty
Because there are still so few minority and male nursing professors, nursing schools that hope to increase the diversityof their faculty face stiff competition and steep challenges. But despite the supply/demand imbalance, it can be done. The keys to success: commitment, creativity and cultural sensitivity

Navigating the Faculty Track
For junior minority nursing faculty, advancing your career in academia can be fraught with challenges-from racial and gender prejudice to the pressures of earning tenure. Here's some expert advice-from educators who have been there-to guide you down the path to success.

Teaching the Teachers
In a unique approach to preventive education, nurses are training minority medical students to teach women of color about breast cancer.

Financial Aid

Sisters in Scholarships
Meet Minority Nurse’s 2006 Scholarship Winners - Including Two Remarkable Siblings!

Four for the Money
Congratulations to Minority Nurse’s 2005 Scholarship Winners!

Winners and Leaders
Meet Minority Nurse's 2004 Scholarship Recipients

Super Students!
Minority Nurse Congratulates it's 2003 Scholarship Winners

Top-Dollar Scholars
Congratulations to Minority Nurse's 2002 Scholarship Winners!

Applications for AACN Minority Continuing Education Scholarships Due February 1
The American Association of Critical Care Nurses announces new $1,500 scholarships to attend the 2003 National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, May 17-22 in San Antonio, Texas.

Winners' Circle
What does it take to turn a nursing scholarship applicant into a scholarship winner? We asked the experts-scholarship recipients and judges!

Minority Health

Breast Cancer Crusader
For women’s health advocate Dr. Shirley Lampkin, fighting breast cancer disparities in the African American community isn’t just a job—it’s a mission.

Lessons from My Father
American Indian nurse scientist John Lowe wanted to know why his Cherokee father had managed to avoid the health problems so often found in Indian communities. Today the answer to that question continues to inspire Lowe’s pioneering research on culturally competent solutions to Native American health disparities.

Click Here for Cultural Competence
Thanks to the new Culturally Competent Nursing Modules online training program, the skills nurses need to provide care to an increasingly diverse patient population have never been easier to learn-or to teach.

Using Evidence-Based Practice to Improve Minority Health Outcomes
With its emphasis on providing patients with the best possible care based on current best evidence from clinical research, evidence-based practice can be a powerful tool for closing the gap of racial and ethnic health disparities.

Editor's Notebook
Waging Evidence-Based War on Health Disparities.

Culturally Sensitive Dementia Care
From raising community awareness to providing one-on-one patient interventions and multicultural support services, nurses of color can play a crucial role in easing the disproportionately high burden of Alzheimer's disease in minority populations.

Culture, Grief and Bereavement: Applications for Clinical Practice
Understanding how cultural differences affect the way bereaved patients and families express their grief is an important part of providing culturally competent nursing care.

The Color of Hope
Suicide rates in minority communities are reaching epidemic proportions, especially among the younger generation. Here's how nurses can make an impact in reversing this tragic trend.

Fighting Diabetes Disparities in Communities of Color
From Indian reservations and U.S./Mexico border communities to major urban centers, minority nurses are finding that culturally competent interventions and community outreach are beginning to make a difference in closing the diabetes gap.

Ethnopharmacology:
What Nurses Need to Know
Race, ethnicity and culture can have a significant impact on how patients respond to certain medications—and even on how doctors prescribe them.

Heart-to-Heart Talk
By providing culturally sensitive health education, nurses can play a leadership role in preventing cardiovascular disease disparities in African American communities.

Providing Cultural Competency Training for Your Nursing Staff
Should you use an existing training program, hire a consultant to develop one for you or create your own program in-house? Here's what the experts recommend.

Hearts and Minds
It’s time to shift the focus of coronary vascular disease prevention in African American women from risk to resilience.

Nurses vs. HIV/AIDS Disparities: Interventions that Work
In part one of an exclusive two-part series, we showcase the innovative work of minority nurses who are creating successful solutions for improving HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in communities of color.

Sisterhood Is Powerful
The Sister Study, a landmark national study investigating the causes of breast cancer, wants to recruit as ethnically diverse a participant sample as possible. And nurses can help spread the word.

Fighting the Meth Addiction Epidemic in Indian Country
Although methamphetamine abuse is a relatively new phenomenon in American Indian communities, it is quickly reaching crisis proportions. Here’s how nurses are helping patients and tribes find solutions to this devastating problem.

Closing the Health Insurance Gap   
What nurses can do to help uninsured and underinsured minority patients get the care and coverage they need.

Preventing Minority Drowning Disparities
The American Red Cross urges nurses to help spread the word about swimming safety in communities of color.

Disaster Nursing
Lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina underscore the need for post-disaster nursing care that is more sensitive to the cultural needs of communities of color

Multicultural Internet Resources for Pediatric Nurses
From multilingual patient education materials to articles about health conditions that disproportionately affect children of color, information to help you care for today’s culturally diverse families is just a mouse click away.

Fighting Gangs the Healthy Way
How Hispanic nurses in South Chicago are addressing gangs as a public health issue.

Closing the Infant Mortality Gap
How nurses can play a leadership role in helping to eliminate one of the most tragic of racial and ethnic health disparities

Keeping Secrets Close to the Breast
Many Americans of color are reluctant to reveal information about their family health histories, even to their closest loved ones. Minority nurses can play an important role in helping to break the cycle of secrecy.

Cultural Competence Q&A
Hindu Dietary Practices: Feeding the Body, Mind and Soul.

Providing Culturally Competent Mental Health Care to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Cultural stigma, language barriers and ethnic stereotypes all contribute to underutilization of mental health services by America's fastest-growing minority population. Nurses can play an important role in helping API patients access the culturally sensitive care they need.

Voice of the People
A unique nurse-led patient advocacy program in Montana is helping to make sure that American Indian patients and their families receive culturally sensitive care.

Keeping the Youngest Patients Safe
The majority of infant abductions occur in hospital settings, and mothers and babies of color are most often the victims. Here's what nurses can do to help protect them.

Fighting Childhood Obesity in Minority Communities
The obesity epidemic in children is reaching such crisis proportions that this generation has been labeled "Generation O"-and minority kids are at especially high risk.

Closing the Cardiovascular Disease Gap 
Experts agree that culturally competent preventive education can play a key role in reducing CVD disparities in minority communities. And who better to provide that education than nurses?

Trialblazers
An innovative new program in Columbus, Ohio is focusing aggressively on eliminating racial and ethnic cancer disparities-with a special emphasis on increasing minority patients' participation in clinical trials.

Cultural Competence Q&A  
Understanding Buddhist Patients' Dietary Needs.

Knowing All the Options 
Nurses need to know about an important new treatment alternative for uterine fibroids-a condition that is especially common in African-American women

Early Warning 
Acanthosis nigricans (AN), a distinctive skin condition that affects Americans of color, can help nurses identify young people at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes-and prevent the future onset of this serious disease

Cultural Competence Q&A
Meeting Jewish and Muslim Patients' Dietary Needs

Sick and Tired 
Because chronic fatigue syndrome is especially prevalent among minority populations and health care professionals, minority nurses are doubly at risk

Tribes Know Best
To provide effective health care to Indian populations,
nurses must understand the complexities of tribal governance

Our Voice at the CDC
Thanks to the historic appointment of American Indian nurse Pelagie "Mike" Snesrud to a key federal health policy-making position, tribal nations have a champion within the system to advocate for their needs

Developing Nurse Leaders. . . In the Indian Way
Pathways to Leadership is a Minority Nurse leadership development program with an exciting difference: It's a culturally competent curriculum created by-and for-American Indian Nurses

Been There, Done That
From dog mushing in Alaska to caring for rescue workers at Ground Zero, the life of American Indian nurse Yolanda Talbert has been a never-ending series of adventures

Cultural Competence Q&A 
Dietary Needs

Breaking the Silence 
By speaking out about their experiences, minority nurse breast cancer survivors are helping to save women's lives

Breast Cancer Treatment Options: Do Minority Women Have a Choice?
A nurse researcher's study of American Indian breast cancer patients uncovers some troubling disparities

Spreading the Word
A unique cancer education and early detection program helps nurses of color share life-saving prevention information with residents of at-risk minority communities-and each other.

What Color is Your Pain?
By using interventions that help overcome cultural and communication barriers, nurses can play a crucial role in helping minority patients move from pain management disparities to parity.

African Americans, Substance Abuse and Spirituality
Culturally sensitive research perspectives and treatment options are the key to closing the gap of substance abuse disparities in the black community.

Help Us Save More Lives
America's blood banks urgently need more blood donors.

Healing a Wounded Past
Centuries of genocide, cultural destruction and prejudice have left Native Americans an ongoing legacy of serious health problems. Indian nurses can play a crucial role in helping patients begin the process of healing from historical trauma.

Cultural Competence Q&A
Death and Dying Across Cultures: At this most difficult time in the lives of patients and their families, end-of-life care that is sensitive to diverse religious and cultural needs becomes supremely important

Exceeding the Standard
The federally funded EXCEED program is taking minority health disparities research to the next level-by turning information into intervention

Cultural Competence Q&A
Treating Muslims with Cultural Sensitivity in a Post-9/11 World: From respecting patients’ religious needs to accommodating Muslim nurses’ dress requirements, understanding the role of Islam in Muslims’ lives is an essential cultural competency skill

Closing the Immunization Gap
Immunization levels for minority children and adults still lag behind those of the majority population. Many federally funded initiatives are working to combat this disparity and minority nurses are fighting in the front lines

The Power of a Pear
Using a culturally competent approach and an unusual teaching aid, a nurse educator in New Orleans is helping both African-American and Taiwanese women reduce their risk of developing cervical cancer

A Cry for Help
Nurses of color must recognize the important role they can play in fighting the growing epidemic of kidney disease in minority communities

At a Loss for Words
For many minority patients, the inability to read and understand basic health care information--both written and verbal--can greatly contribute to the problem of unequal health outcomes. Here's what nurses can do to help close the health literacy gap.

Where There's Smoke
Individually and collectively, nurses can play a unique leadership role in reducing tobacco use in minority communities. Here's how you can get involved.

An Army of One
How much of a difference can just one nurse make in fighting breast cancer disparities in her community? The answer is "plenty"-especially if she's an instructor who gets her students involved.

Northern Exposure
Although many researchers still group them together with American Indians, Alaska Natives are finally emerging as a population with its own identity and unique health care needs

One Name, Many Faces
After years of viewing them as a single homogenous group, the health care community is finally taking a look at the differences among the various Asian American and Pacific Islander populations.

Men in Nursing

Nurses Station: Making an Investment in Nursing
Juan Pineda, RN, always knew he wanted to work in health care, but his career path took a few detours along the way.  After a stint in the finance industry, he finally found the way back to his true passion—nursing.

No Stopping Him 
Meet a courageous, career-changing student who refused to let a seemingly endless series of obstacles derail his dream of becoming a nurse.

Kudos for the Black Male Nurse   
A day in the life of a black man who has chosen nursing as his life’s work illustrates the unique contributions these dedicated caregivers make to the profession.

Recruiting Men into Nursing School
Nursing programs that have successfully increased the number of men in their student populations share their expert advice for attracting male students—and even more importantly, for keeping them.

From Welder to Nurse
Laid off after a plant closing, three middle-aged men reinvent themselves as nursing students—and discover a passion for patient care.

Hispanic Men in Nursing
Five accomplished Hispanic nurses who just happen to be guys talk about the special challenges they face, the unique strengths they bring to the table, and why the nursing profession needs to recruit a lot more people like them.

Looking for a Few Good Men
Actually, the nursing profession will need to recruit a lot of good men if it hopes to reduce the nation's serious RN shortage. Here's how some nursing organizations are rising to the challenge.

Nurse, Teacher, Trailblazer
As the first African-American man to earn a PhD in nursing, Randolph Rasch broke down many barriers to achieve a successful career as a nursing educator. Now he’s helping other nurses follow in his footsteps.

Men in Nursing
“Times and rules have changed a lot since I was first in nursing school back in the ’60s,” recalls Eddie Hebert, R.N., B.S.N., director of nurses at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in Houma, La. “However, many of the prejudices which males faced back then are still with us today.”.

Research

Sihtoskatowin: “Supporting One Another” to Build Research Capacity
A unique collaborative program in Saskatchewan, Canada, is helping Native nursing students north of the border prepare to become nurse researchers.

Bridging the Barriers to Research Career
By helping talented students of color make the transition from MSN degrees to PhD programs, the federally funded Bridges to the Doctoral Degree initiative is working to increase the number of minority nurse scientists.

Star Power 
Whether they're identifying barriers to mental health care or developing interventions for preventing cancer, AIDS and heart disease, these Emerging Nursing Stars in Health Disparities Research are helping to create a healthier future for Americans of color.

What Color is Your Pain? 
By using interventions that help overcome cultural and communication barriers, nurses can play a crucial role in helping minority patients move from pain management disparities to parity.

Special K
Are you a minority faculty member who wishes you had moretime to devote to your research? The NINR's Minority K01 grant program could be just what you're looking for.

The Future is Now
DNA sequencing, gene mapping and genetically customized medical treatments are no longer the stuff of science fiction. They're revolutionizing health care now-and opening up a brave new world of opportunities for minority nurses.

Researching With Respect
Nurses conducting research in American Indian communities must learn to be more culturally sensitive to tribes' unique needs

More for Your Money
The federal Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE) grants program can help minority nurses at all levels increase their access to research careers

UF College of Nursing Receives Over $1 Million for Minority Health Research
The University of Florida (UF) College of Nursing in Gainesville found itself $1.531 million richer this year after receiving three separate grants to pursue research in cancer, asthma, infant mortality and other health problems that disproportionately affect minorities.

Travel Nursing

Travel Nurses: Take Advantage of Available Tax Deductions
Tips for minimizing your tax bill as you travel.

Traveling Our Own Road 
Minority nurse-owned travel nursing agencies are hoping to attract more nurses of color to this opportunity-filled career that can feel like a working vacation.

On the Road Again
Travel nurse agencies are sending their message of career fulfillment to minority nurses.

Other Nursing Topics

Making Their Wishes Known
Americans of color are less likely to complete advance directives than their white counterparts. Nurses can play a leading role in educating minority patients about the importance of planning for end-of-life care.

 





Professional Nursing in Oman
Although it has made tremendous progress in improving and expanding its national health care system, this Middle Eastern country is still struggling to produce enough nurses to meet its people's needs.

Networking for Life
If the prospect of professional networking fills you with dread, don't panic. Real networking—the process of building lasting, mutually beneficial relationships—is a lot easier than you think.

Enter the Dragon Boater
Ten years ago, Bay Area pediatric nurse Christine Yee began competing in the ancient Chinese sport of dragon boat racing. Now she's teaching it to at-risk teens to help them lead healthier lives.

Celebrating Excellence: Past, Present and Future
The National Black Nurses Association's Institute of Excellence is more than just a showcase for the outstanding achievements of African American nursing leaders-it's also helping to increase opportunities for future leadership development.

From “Small-Town Girl” to Pioneering Nurse Educator
Dr. May L. Wykle, the first African American dean of Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, talks to Minority Nurse about how she overcame prejudice to pursue her nursing education and why she has made it her lifelong mission to bring more minority students into the profession.

Hurricane Katrina: Two Years Later
Ever since that fateful week in August 2005, nurses and students displaced by the storm have been slowly rebuilding their lives. But for many of these survivors, life will never be quite the same.

Diamond Jubilee
Chi Eta Phi Sorority celebrates its 75th year of providing community service, fellowship and professional support for minorities in nursing.

Filling a Need for Leaders
A unique collaboration between the National Association of Hispanic Nurses and the American Organization of Nurse Executives is helping the next generation of Hispanic nurses prepare to move into leadership roles.

Mentoring New Nursing Graduates
The key to being a successful preceptor is to teach new nurses the same way you treat your patients-with respect, understanding and compassion.

Caring Accross the Language Barrier
A Hispanic nursing student’s moving experience caring for a non-English-speaking patient illustrates why it’s so important to have ethnically diverse, bilingual nurses in our health care system. Read the full article.

True Courage Under Fire
Even before she was awarded the Purple Heart for her bravery in the Iraq war, Navy Commander Lenora Langlais exemplified what it means to be a true nursing leader.

Sihtoskatowin: “Supporting One Another” to Build Research Capacity
A unique collaborative program in Saskatchewan, Canada, is helping Native nursing students north of the border prepare to become nurse researchers.

Retirement Planning for Minority Nurses
Will you and your family be able to live comfortably when you’re ready to retire from the profession?

Overcoming the Odds   
Three RNs with disabilities share their barrier-breaking stories and their advice for other nurses and students who hope to emulate their success.

Teaching Neonatal Resuscitation Protocols in Afghanistan   
An African American military nurse finds that teaching a class to local nurse-midwives in Kandahar is a life-changing experience for both the students and herself.

From CNA to CEO   
A successful nurse executive shares the story of her journey to the highest rung of the nursing career ladder—with plenty of advice for future minority nursing leaders along the way.

Eyes on The Prize
The American Nurses Association’s Mary Mahoney Award honors nurses who— like its pioneering namesake—have made exceptional contributions to increasing opportunities for minorities in the profession.

Philippine Nurses in the U.S.—Yesterday
and Today
During the mid 20th century, thousands of nurses from the Philippines migrated to the United States in search of the American dream. Today a whole new generation of nurses is following the trail they blazed.

The Greatest Gift
How an HIV-positive nurse came to realize that his disease is a blessing in disguise—for both himself and his patients.

Answering Katrina’s Call
For this U.S. Public Health Service nurse deployed to the Gulf Coast, the mission was clear—to provide care and hope wherever hurricane victims needed it most.

A Nurse Responds to Hurican Katrina
Combining clinical skills with spiritual faith, a nurse who is also a minister helps bring hope to the hopeless by healing Katrina victims’ bodies and souls.

A New Voice in Nursing
Combining clinical skills with spiritual faith, a nurse who Although it’s only three years old, the American Arab Nurses Association is already making an impact as a force for promoting cultural awareness in a post-9/11 world.

State of the Union
Formed seven years ago to provide a powerful, unified voice for all minority nurses, the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurse Associations (NCEMNA) continues to focus on the future

Wounded by Words
Racist comments from patients can hurt. Why do so many health care workplaces expect nurses of color to accept such abuse as "just part of the job?"

Making History: Black Nightingales
For the first installment in our new series of articles celebrating the history of minority nurses, we begin at the very beginning with some of the earliest black nursing pioneers

Paperwork: The Path We Tread
The Path We Tread: Blacks in Nursing Worldwide, 1854-1994, Third Edition

25 and Counting
The National Association of Hispanic Nurses marks its first quarter century of advancing the agenda for Hispanic health care needs

Diversity in Action
Hospital employees are disproportionately female and Caucasian. Attracting a more diverse workforce is a hospital business imperative.”—American Hospital Association Commission on Workforce for Hospitals and Health Systems, April 2002

Ready for Anything
While no one wants to imagine that another 9/11 or a bioterrorism attack could happen, the reality is that nurses and communities must be prepared to respond to such threats. Nurses of color can play a crucial leadership role in bringing culturally competent terrorism preparedness to America's diverse communities.

Making History
Call them courageous. Call them trailblazers. But for the generation of black nurses who helped achieve health care integration in the civil rights era, it was simply a matter of standing up for what was right.

Honoring Diversity
Under the leadership of one of the nation's most distinguished minority nurses, Sigma Theta Tau International launches a bold initiative to increase the racial, cultural and gender diversity of its membership

CLAS Action
Minority nurses can play a crucial role in implementing the new federal standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in health care. So why are so many nurses still unaware that these standards exist?

Ground Zero Heroes
Police and firefighters weren't the only ones who went far beyond the call of duty to respond to the crisis of September 11. Meet four courageous nurses who rose to the challenge when their country needed them most.

In Our Own Backyard
Why should skilled nurses from Mexico and other countries have to work menial jobs in the U.S. because they lack licenses to practice here? Members of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses aren't just asking that question—they're doing something about it.

Nurses With Disabilities
People with disabilities are one of the most underrepresented voices in nursing. But like nurses of color, they have a lot to say about overcoming discrimination and barriers to take their rightful place in the profession.

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