Title

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

Authors

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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