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Vaccine Challenges Facing the Hispanic Community
In minority communities, there have been a number of challenges with people not wanting to receive a vaccine for COVID. While we’ve already talked with someone about what is going on in the Black community, we also wanted to check in with the Hispanic community as...
Take the 2021 Minority Nurse Salary Survey
Want to know how your salary compares to other nurses in your field? Now is the time to find out! We are conducting our annual salary survey, and we want to hear from you. Take the 2021 Minority Nurse salary survey by May 31st and you could win a $50 Amazon gift card....
Building a Bridge Between the Black Community and Mental Health Providers
As we head into the second year of the pandemic, it’s undeniable that the mental health of a lot of people has been affected; and because mental health and addiction are often co-occurring, the rates of substance use and overdoses have increased as well. Research has...
Honoring Radiology and Imaging Nurses
The April 12 celebration of Radiologic and Imaging Nurses Day (also known as Radiology Nurses Day) honors nurses who specialize in areas of radiology nursing. Sponsored by the Association for Radiologic and Imaging Nursing (ARIN), this event helps raise awareness of...
WOC Nurses Manage Complex Cases
Today begins Wound, Ostomy, and Continence (WOC) Nurse Week which runs April 11to 17 this year and brings a focus to WOC nurses who care for patients with a wide range of wounds and conditions. Sponsored by the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN),...
The Intransigent Nurse in the Year of the Pandemic
2020 brought to light the INTRANSIGENT nurse. This year was ushered by the unforeseen- the unexpected, unpredicted, unanticipated eruption of COVID-19, which brought a seismic wave of panic, fear the world over, and brought every nation’s economy to a grinding halt....
How Health Care Workers Can Help Immigrant Families
The role of the health care professional has seen its fair share of evolution throughout history. Shamans and healers in ancient societies paved the way for modern medical professionals, who have a duty to society as a whole that spans well beyond diagnosis and...
Though Assaulted, Truth Prevailed
“It is fake news.” … that is the loud, common cry of the many. In a society where the majority rules and the ones with the loudest roar make waves to suspend the truth. Where facts seem to cease to exist because the multitudes ignore it. Where wrong rebuffs its own...
Four Emerging Hiring Trends in Nursing
It has been over a year since the first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in the U.S., and vaccines are now being distributed widely, with 304 million doses administered across the country to date. Vaccine distribution is key to ending the pandemic, but the impact of the...
Mass Shootings Keep Happening, And We Keep Getting It Wrong
In a span of just one week, there have already been two mass shootings that have gained national attention. The killings in Georgia and Colorado are the latest in what seems like a never-ending stream of stories about innocent people getting killed senselessly and...
