Diversity In Nursing

in the nursing profession is the diversity within the workforce. For this purpose, the term diversity includes age, race, and gender. Two centuries ago, American nurses were predominantly white, women, and retired in their sixties. Currently, people of all races, ages, and gender work in the nursing profession. However, America’s diverse population should correspond to a diverse nursing profession, but it is not. The American Nursing Association (ANA) and International Council of Nursing (ICN)

Nursing and Diversity Brenda L Grogan University of Hartford   Nursing and Diversity “Diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. It is about understanding each other and moving beyond simple tolerance to embracing

Impact of Diversity in Nursing Fanaye Alemu Walden University NURS 3000 Section 04, Issues and Trends in Nursing) September 11, 2015 September 13, 2015 Diversity is defined by Merriam Webster dictionary (2010) “The condition being divers: variety, especially the inclusion of (diverse) people (as people of different race or culture) in a group organization”. (Wilson, p83). In order to fulfill the growing needs and desire of patients in a comfortable and adequate matter, the nursing work force

Nursing is one of the fastest growing professions today, with nurses forming the largest sector of health care providers. Nurses use their specialized knowledge, experience and skill set to improve and promote the well being of patients by easing pain, suffering and loss. Also, the job market for nurses continues to thrive. The National Bureau of statistics predicts that, by they year 2020, there will be an estimated shortage 800,000 nurses. Such predictions breath hope into current and future nursing

• Describe a challenging, diversity-related situation that you have faced, and likely will continue to face in your nursing career. What made this situation challenging? The most challenging, diversity-related situation that I have faced, and will likely face in my nursing career is successful recruitment and retention of minority nurses, and foreign graduate nurses in employment facilities, especially the hospitals. In addition, I have experienced disparities in health care and the outcomes

Diversity in the nursing workforce plays a critical role in improved healthcare access and patient outcomes (Sullivan Commission, 2004). In order to enhance diversity in the nursing profession, concerted efforts must be made to address barriers which prevent underrepresented groups from entering the profession, as well as advancing to levels of nursing leadership, including becoming educators. This transformation in healthcare delivery can only be accomplished with systematic adherence to dedicated

Cultural Diversity in Nursing Cultural diversity plays an extremely vital role in nursing education and research and in the workforce. Culture can be defined as characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. As a nurse, understanding that not all patients are the same and that they can express different cultures shows that the nurses have an understanding and compassion of the patients’ differences

Diversity plays a major role in providing the best health care to each individual patient, it improves cultural competence and outcome for patients. It extends to culture, faith, tradition, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender. As a male, gender diversity is one that catches my attention especially when only one out of ten nurses are men. Many more are needed not only to achieve gender parity, but also to reflect the nation’s demographics, says William T. Lecher, former president of the American

Cultural Diversity And It’s Influence On Nursing Practice Tabytha Balash Ohio University  Introduction Society as a whole is becoming increasingly diverse. Therefore, health care has become more culturally diverse. Patient’s are at the very core of patient centered care. To care for the patient as a whole, a nurse must understand the patient’s needs, medical history, and cultural background, beliefs, morals, and practices. Nursing has several sub-specialties, and transcultural nursing has become

Diversity in any profession is important, however, diversity in nursing, is essential; it gives the opportunity to provide quality care to growing diverse population. In general, diversity includes, but is not limited to the following: race, disability, sexual orientation, gender, religion, age, socioeconomic status and educational status. When communicating with a patient, and advocating for them, nurses are the bridge between the patient and their care including with other care providers. This