Lessons from the past: Confronting past discriminatory practices to alleviate the nursing shortage through increased professional diversity

    Authors

    D. R. Andrews

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Prof. Nurs.

    Keywords

    STUDENTS; Nursing

    Abstract

    A critical shortage of nurses has focused attention on the current demographics of practicing nurses. Data from the most recent analysis of the nursing work-force reveals that only 4.9 percent of practicing nurses are African American as compared with 12.1 percent of the general population. This disparity of representation has implications as resources are established from which the future workforce might be drawn. Efforts to achieve parity require recognition of the lingering effects of past social injustice and determination of strategies to overcome current barriers in education and practice. Strategies designed to encourage an increase in ethnic participation include efforts directed to recruitment, retention, graduation, and practice. (C) 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Professional Nursing

    Volume

    19

    Issue/Number

    5

    Publication Date

    1-1-2003

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    289

    Last Page

    294

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000186834800009

    ISSN

    8755-7223

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