Title

Lessons From The Past: Confronting Past Discriminatory Practices To Alleviate The Nursing Shortage Through Increased Professional Diversity

Keywords

Ethnic disparity; Prejudice; Racism; Recruitment; Retention

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 workforce 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. © 2003 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-2003

Publication Title

Journal of Professional Nursing

Volume

19

Issue

5

Number of Pages

289-294

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/S8755-7223(03)00099-1

Socpus ID

0344897277 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0344897277

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