TY - JOUR
T1 - Nursing workforce diversity
T2 - Promising educational practices
AU - Noone, Joanne
AU - Najjar, Rana
AU - Quintana, Amanda D.
AU - Koithan, Mary S.
AU - Vaughn, Stephanie
N1 - Funding Information:
These projects are supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Nursing Workforce Diversity Program Grant Numbers D19HP30841 , D19HP30843 , D19HP30850 , and D19HP30859 . This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - Background: Nursing workforce diversity is a national priority for providing culturally competent care and contributing to improved health equity. While nurses from underrepresented populations are increasing in the nursing workforce, the distribution of nurses in the United States is still not representative of the population. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the current state of workforce diversity in Western states and identify promising practices from programs located in Arizona, California, Colorado, and Oregon that are focused on improving nursing workforce diversity. Methods: Four innovative programs to address nursing workforce diversity are presented. Each project has unique situations and approaches to improving admission, retention, and graduation of students underrepresented in nursing. Similar approaches each project used include holistic admission review, academic and student support, financial support, and mentoring. Conclusions: These projects contribute to knowledge development related to improving nursing workforce diversity for other colleges, universities, and states to consider. Improving nursing workforce diversity is a priority issue that could lead, through collective impact, to resolving health inequities nationally.
AB - Background: Nursing workforce diversity is a national priority for providing culturally competent care and contributing to improved health equity. While nurses from underrepresented populations are increasing in the nursing workforce, the distribution of nurses in the United States is still not representative of the population. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the current state of workforce diversity in Western states and identify promising practices from programs located in Arizona, California, Colorado, and Oregon that are focused on improving nursing workforce diversity. Methods: Four innovative programs to address nursing workforce diversity are presented. Each project has unique situations and approaches to improving admission, retention, and graduation of students underrepresented in nursing. Similar approaches each project used include holistic admission review, academic and student support, financial support, and mentoring. Conclusions: These projects contribute to knowledge development related to improving nursing workforce diversity for other colleges, universities, and states to consider. Improving nursing workforce diversity is a priority issue that could lead, through collective impact, to resolving health inequities nationally.
KW - Cultural diversity
KW - Health workforce
KW - Nursing education
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U2 - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.02.011
DO - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2020.02.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 33039074
AN - SCOPUS:85080040514
SN - 8755-7223
VL - 36
SP - 386
EP - 394
JO - Journal of Professional Nursing
JF - Journal of Professional Nursing
IS - 5
ER -