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High-Fidelity Nursing Education
Unless you're a newly minted RN, you may not be familiar with the new technology popping up in today’s nursing classrooms, including the newest, most realistic patient simulations yet. But implementing these interactive systems didn't happen overnight. Here, you can follow the steps taken by one nursing school in introducing this technology to its team.
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Building Capacity: A Blueprint for Faculty Diversity
Schools of nursing need more faculty. Period. But inextricably tied to that is the need to increase the diversity of said faculty. Here, one champion of the cause outlines a step-by-step plan for doing so.
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Advancing the Dream through Faculty Diversity
The nurses who authored Looking for Black Nurse Leaders: A Call to Action 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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A Boost for Minority Nursing Professors
Find certified minority nurse educators in a flash using the Minority Nurse Educator database, a free service provided by the School of Nursing at Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, New Jersey.
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Be Prepared
Recruiting minority nursing faculty is a two-way street: Both schools and potential candidates must be fully up to the challenge.
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Passing With Flying Colors
When developing multicultural nursing school curricula, don’t overlook the need for culturally sensitive testing
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Recruiting and Retaining Minority Nursing Faculty
Because there are still so few minority and male nursing professors, nursing schools that hope to increase the diversity of 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.
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The Face of Nursing Faculty 2001-2002: Still White and Female
Despite the efforts of many of the nation’s nursing schools to recruit more minorities and men into their faculty ranks over the past year, a new report from the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) paints a disappointing picture of the continued lack of diversity in the world of nursing academia.
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Learning About Difference
A growing number of nursing schools are implementing cultural competency programs to prepare nursing students to care for a diverse patient population
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Those Who Can, Teach
Minority nurses who have chosen to work in academia talk about why they love their rewarding careers
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Is a Career in Academia Right For You?
What does it take to teach in the academic field as an allied health professional?
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How Do You Solve the Minority Nursing Faculty Shortage? Put Them Online!
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Cabezonas Con Suenos: Success Strategies for Nursing Students of Color
A nurse-led research study sheds light on the obstacles minority nursing students face and the resourceful strategies they develop to overcome them
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Nursing School Diversity Directors: What Do They Do and What Difference Are They Making?
Although their titles and job descriptions vary from school to school, these professionals have one thing in common: a deep commitment to creating a more culturally inclusive nursing profession.
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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
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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
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