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Meet a Champion of Nursing Diversity: Rekha Daniel-Kimani

Minority Nurse

I started my career as an HR intern and have worked my way across and up the career ladder in pharmaceuticals, energy, consumer goods, financial services, and higher education. My experience in pharmaceuticals gave me my first look into health care and how it touches our lives in many ways.

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Nursing Education: Pipeline to the Future

Minority Nurse

Department of Labor has issued $78 million in grants to expand nursing school enrollment in 17 states. The state of Maryland has awarded its nursing program grants to boost schools and address the long-standing and worrisome nursing shortage.

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What Are Best Practices in Nursing Practice Redesign?

Health Leaders | Nursing

This is a question that's being asked all over the country right now about advanced practice, but it’s also true for physicians, nurses, and medical assistants, as the nursing shortage is real. We need to be creative about how we deploy people, and how we put them together in teams.

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Why Specialize in Your Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Degree?

Northeastern State University

Administrative Leadership If you love being a preceptor, doing in-service or guest lecturing, and have a passion for education and mentoring, then Northeastern’s online RN to MSN in Nursing Education program might be right for you. Due to the nationwide nursing shortage , nurse educators are in high demand.

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The Exec: Advanced Practice Providers Key to Managing Physician Shortages

Health Leaders | Nursing

This is a question that's being asked all over the country right now about advanced practice, but it’s also true for physicians, nurses, and medical assistants, as the nursing shortage is real. We need to be creative about how we deploy people, and how we put them together in teams.

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2024 Professional Reading List

Nurses Advocates

[link] Susan Hassmiller wrote: Taking Action: Top 10 Priorities to Promote Health Equity and Well-being in Nursing 1st Edition”. The crucible of the global pandemic, racial injustice, and a crippling nursing shortage has sparked increasing calls for nursing to address its problems from inequity to structural racism.

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Should We Encourage Our Kids to Become Nurses?

Minority Nurse

Another aspect of nursing we can communicate is that it offers one of the most significant varieties of choice. Many nurses work in hospitals, of course. Being a nurse doesn’t have to be associated with hospitals; in fact, plenty of nursing careers involve no patient contact whatsoever. Is nursing glamorous?