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Balancing Baby: Returning to Work After Maternity Leave
On January 12, 2011, little seven pound, 10 ounce, 20.5 inches long Carson joined the Samantis family after a fairly easy pregnancy and uncomplicated delivery. Until Carson was born, both his mother,...
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Leadership in Style
Rowena Elliott, Ph.D., R.N., C.N.N., B.C., C.N.E., is one of those people who make it all seem effortless. She balances teaching and mentoring with research projects and speaking engagements. She has a...
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From Hate to Hope: A Nursing Journey
It was only about 15 years ago that I walked through the door of a Level II Trauma Center as a young black nurse in a rural town in Florida. Many of my patients had to be convinced I was their nurse. I...
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Igniting Dreams: 45 Years of the NSNA Breakthrough to Nursing Project
The need for trained and qualified nurses to reflect the diversity of the United States today is crucial. The National Student Nurses Association's (NSNA) Breakthrough to Nursing (BTN) Project, which...
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Diverse Peoples, Diverse Needs: A History of the Visiting Nurse Service of...
In 1909, Lillian Wald, founder of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY) and the "mother of public health nursing," hosted the NAACP's inaugural meeting at her agency's early headquarters, at a...
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Why Volunteer?
There is little that a nurse hasn’t seen. In a hospital, the unexpected can happen around any turn, and many of the things I’ve encountered left a lasting impression. Still, it is what I have seen as a...
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An Open Letter to Historically Black Nursing Schools
Dear Deans of Nursing:A sense of urgency is upon us. Now, certainly not later, is the time to seriously consider starting a nurse anesthesia education program at your institution. Consider this fact:...
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The A (for Achievement) List
Norma Martinez Rogers, PhD, RN, FAAN, president of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN), was honored as one of the nation’s Top Latino Leaders in the February/March 2009 issue of Latino...
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Nursing Ambassador to the World
One of the most inspiring yet little-known life stories of a minority nursing pioneer is that of U.S. Public Health Service nurse Mary Lee Mills, MSN, RN, MPH, CNM. Now 96 years old, Mills was born in...
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A Starring Role Model
For decades, TV medical dramas have showcased doctors as heroes while relegating nurses to supporting or background roles. But now the spotlight is finally moving to nurses. And for the first time...
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Celebrating Excellence: Past, Present and Future
Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of articles examining leadership development initiatives at minority nursing associations.What do the first professionally trained African American nurse,...
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From “Small-Town Girl” to Pioneering Nurse Educator
May L. Wykle, PhD, RN, FAAN, FGSA, dean of Case Western Reserve University’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in Cleveland, remembers the days back in the 1950s when staff members at Martins...
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Diamond Jubilee
On October 16, 1932, at a time when African American nurses were either barred from membership in state and national nursing professional associations or had only limited opportunities to participate...
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African American Nurse-Midwives: Continuing the Legacy
Midwifery is a profession that is as at least as old as the Bible. In Exodus 1:15-21, Shiphrah and Puah were midwives who refused the Egyptian Pharaoh’s order to kill all newborn Hebrew males. Today,...
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Looking for Black Nurses Leaders: A Call to Action
American nursing history, as it is usually taught, credits Florence Nightingale as the pioneer of the modern nursing model, often excluding the black nurse experience and leaders. But there was another...
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NBNA 40th Anniversary Celebration
1971. The United States is still embroiled in the Vietnam War, and The New York Times fuels the fire by publishing the Pentagon Papers. National Public Radio transmits its first broadcast, Walt Disney...
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VITAS Honors National Black Nurses Association for Black History Month
What better way for a national health care organization to commemorate Black History Month than by honoring the historical contributions of African American nurses?For Black History Month 2009, VITAS...
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Double Minority: Mental Health Attitudes and Discrimination in Nursing
The end of the year was dreamlike. Not only was I accepted into an accelerated nursing program, the school also selected me as a recipient for a prestigious scholarship award. The honor of being among...
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Congratulations, Minority Nurse Scholarship Winners!
Another year, another record-breaking number of applicants, and another group of nurses and soon-to-be nurses that overwhelmed us with their determination, dedication, compassion, and intelligence....
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Mobility limitations in African Americans linked to depressive symptoms
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has led a study displaying a relation between demographic health issues and mobility limitation. Researchers found that depressed African American...
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