Enhancing nursing education about LGBTQ+ care
I'm a nursing student in the last semester of my Bachelor of Science in nursing program. Up to this point, my instructors haven’t discussed…
Diversity/Equity/Inclusion
Not on our watch
Nurses have the power to turn the tide on Black maternal health. The numbers are staggering. The United States, which spent $4.1 trillion on…
Metric-driven initiative for promoting staff diversity
Plan, do, check, and act can serve as a framework. Takeaways: Lack of diversity impacts patient care and nurses’ experience in the profession. Nurse…
Agendas for change
Nursing’s path for growth, diversity, and health equity. Even as nurses worldwide confront one of the gravest crises in modern times, the nursing profession…
When a patient refuses a nurse assignment
Although prioritizing patients’ needs remains the core value of healthcare, awareness of healthcare workers’ experiences with prejudice perpetrated by patients continues to increase.
Promoting staff interaction to encourage inclusion
Years ago, when I was working at a community hospital, we decided to host a job fair because we were struggling with high vacancy…
Caring for individuals with sickle cell disease
Nurses play a pivotal role in ensuring optimal care. Takeaways: Sickle cell disease is an inherited chronic condition that affects nearly every system in…
Heavy Reading: Inside Nursing
Diversity, equity, and inclusion can’t be authentically incorporated into curricula when faculty assign textbooks that harm those whose health they seek to protect. For…
Raising awareness about health disparities: A call to action
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised consciousness about health disparities, institutional racism, and diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI) in the nation. Nurses know these conditions…
Nurse-led national commission examines racism in nursing
Leading nursing organizations convened for the inaugural meeting of the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing. To motivate all nurses to confront systemic…
Our journey along the Pathway to Excellence®
Pathway to Excellence® is an evolving process that roadmaps opportunities to enhance nursing recruitment and retention, nursing autonomy and satisfaction, interdisciplinary collaboration, strategic focus,…
Nurses and vaccine hesitancy
If you can and if you are offered the chance, take the COVID-19 vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that healthcare…
Enhancing nursing education about LGBTQ+ care
I'm a nursing student in the last semester of my Bachelor of Science in nursing program. Up to this point, my instructors…
Not on our watch
Nurses have the power to turn the tide on Black maternal health. The numbers are staggering. The United States, which spent $4.1…
Metric-driven initiative for promoting staff diversity
Plan, do, check, and act can serve as a framework. Takeaways: Lack of diversity impacts patient care and nurses’ experience in the…
Agendas for change
Nursing’s path for growth, diversity, and health equity. Even as nurses worldwide confront one of the gravest crises in modern times, the…
When a patient refuses a nurse assignment
Although prioritizing patients’ needs remains the core value of healthcare, awareness of healthcare workers’ experiences with prejudice perpetrated by patients continues to…
Promoting staff interaction to encourage inclusion
Years ago, when I was working at a community hospital, we decided to host a job fair because we were struggling with…
Caring for individuals with sickle cell disease
Nurses play a pivotal role in ensuring optimal care. Takeaways: Sickle cell disease is an inherited chronic condition that affects nearly every…
Heavy Reading: Inside Nursing
Diversity, equity, and inclusion can’t be authentically incorporated into curricula when faculty assign textbooks that harm those whose health they seek to…
Raising awareness about health disparities: A call to action
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised consciousness about health disparities, institutional racism, and diversity, inclusion, and equity (DEI) in the nation. Nurses know…
Nurse-led national commission examines racism in nursing
Leading nursing organizations convened for the inaugural meeting of the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing. To motivate all nurses to…
Our journey along the Pathway to Excellence®
Pathway to Excellence® is an evolving process that roadmaps opportunities to enhance nursing recruitment and retention, nursing autonomy and satisfaction, interdisciplinary collaboration,…
Nurses and vaccine hesitancy
If you can and if you are offered the chance, take the COVID-19 vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends…