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.

The study is published in the journal Nursing Research. "It's particularly concerning because seven out of 10 Black patients are hospitalized in Black-serving hospitals, so there's really a ...

The first Black woman to join the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after the military was desegrated in the 1940s has died. She was 104. Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who retired as a major and died earlier this ...