Black nurses’ contributions to healthcare and to society as a whole have often been undervalued and hidden. As a result, many ...

A recent study led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia found that nurse staffing rates are worse in hospitals with the highest percentage of Black patients.

Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first black professional nurse in America, and an active organizer among African American nurses ... Mahoney received requests from patients as far away as New Jersey ...

Barriers to quality healthcare and patient education are resonating themes throughout the African-American female population, and it is crucial that advanced practice nurses (APNs) provide these ...

Hundreds of Black nurses gathered in Washington for The National Black Nurses Association's (NBNA) 37th annual 'National ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American ... care for White patients. At a welcome briefing ...

What can an African American therapist help with ... The advantages of seeing a Black therapist are that it may help Black patients feel more confident beginning therapy, feel more easily ...

Boylston, an American nurse serving at a British Army base hospital near the Western Front in 1918, had been running between wards of wounded patients ... nurses who were African Americans or ...

A 38-year-old woman misrepresented herself as a registered nurse to get a job at a ... science with a specialization in African and African American Studies from the University of Arkansas and ...

[1] Arguably, the African-American patient with heart failure is by definition, "high risk." As a result, the necessity for best available medical therapy represents a compelling argument for ...