Clik here to view.
Putting Minority Health into Health Reform
Ask the average American on the street what President Barack Obama’s health care reform plan is all about and he or she will probably start talking about insurance—and more specifically, the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boomer in Chief
As the youngest and first Asian American president of AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons), Jennie Chin Hansen, RN, MS, FAAN, embodies the changing face of this important...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yes Nurses Can
Eight years ago, shortly after the inauguration of the newly elected 43rd president of the United States, Minority Nurse published an editorial titled “Welcome to Washington, Mr. Bush.” In this open...
View ArticleAre NCLEX® Testing Policies Culturally Insensitive?
Q: I am a Muslim nurse who wears a religious headscarf (hijab). I would like to bring to your attention two negative experiences that happened to me while taking the exams for LPN and RN licensure in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Quiet Crisis: Racial Disparities and Infant Mortality
Infant mortality. Sociologically, it is the litmus test for a nation's overall health. Emotionally, it represents unfathomable loss.Of course, nurses and other health care professionals must discuss...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Advocating Change and Developing Policies in Practice
Today's nurses face the challenge of how to position themselves to be most effective in orchestrating policy changes in their surrounding communities and workplace. But we can look to one of our most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Co-Pay Assistance Program Helps Fight Blood Cancer Disparities
According to The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), nurses need to know that myeloma, a serious and often deadly blood cancer, affects a disproportionate number of African Americans. In fact, a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Minority Children’s Health Gets Poor Report Card
In the year 2000, 86% of Caucasian children in the U.S. were reported by their parents to be in excellent or very good health, compared to only 75% of Hispanic children and 74% of African-American...
View ArticleLieberman Introduces Incentive-Based Health Disparities Legislation
Would rewarding health care providers for delivering equal-opportunity treatment motivate America’s medical system to work harder at eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities? That’s the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Health Disparities: The Beginning of the End
Earlier this year, Dr. J. Nadine Gracia seemed to be everywhere. She's the first woman in 17 years to lead the Office of Minority Health, and she was on the media circuit promoting Minority Health...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Path: How One Nurse is Helping Native Hawaiians Out of Poverty
"Kuleana means having a sense of place in society such that each person has a right to basic necessities needed to sustain oneself—security of housing, food, health care, transportation, safety, and...
View ArticleHospitals promise apologies
It is ethically right for doctors to report their medical mistakes, but they are often hesitant to do so in fear of lawsuits. Instead, they practice "defensive medicine" by performing many unnecessary...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Health Care Reform One Year Later
President Obama signed the historic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law on March 23, 2010, and its first changes went into effect on July 1 of the same year. But signing that bill was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Better smiles for better health
In recent years, the relationship between oral health and overall wellness has teetered on the edge of public awareness. Now, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is launching an initiative...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Let Your Voice Be Heard: Rally at Your State Capitol!
Do you have an idea that will revolutionize nursing or health care? Nurses and nursing students should join together at your state’s capitol so our voices and viewpoint stand strong and unwavering. My...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Fighting the Meth Addiction Epidemic in Indian Country
In the last two years, about a quarter of the babies born on the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona tested positive for methamphetamine. The Navajo Nation has seen a doubling of...
View Article
