Valentine, Wynn and Mclean (2016) stated health care access can be expanded by allowing diversity in the workforce among underserved communities which will promote research regarding health disparities and as a result of such leaders and policy makers who supports diversity will increase. Adeniran, Glasgow (2010) wrote in their article, the role of nursing educators’ must be sensitivity to the learning needs of their staff which can help minimize rejection and marginalization of the culturally diverse learners. One of the important steps in emerging faculties understanding of diversity according to Adeniran and Glasgow (2010), were to raising an awareness of how such issues may become noticeable themselves in the classrooms or learning environments.
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This program as stated per Lowe and Archibald (2009), were developed to increase opportunities for those individuals who were from disadvantaged backgrounds, and as well as, including those who were also from economically disadvantage families and were underrepresented in the nursing profession. With the rise and demand for a diverse workforce among nurses, its important that clinician and educators remains focus on such issues in order to meet the demands of a cultural diverse population. With the reporting from the U.S. Census Bureau according to Lowe and Archibald (2009) greater that 11% of the registered nurse workforce are of racial and ethnic minorities decent. With only 4.6% of this reporting number were seen among non- Hispanic African Americans, and more than 3% of the 11% reported numbers were either Asian or Pacific Islanders. Most of this reported data rep are a representation of unnoticeable changes seen since the 1970’s. As a result of the many changes reported ethnic minorities population in the US continue to face separate and unequal health and a great amount of disparities issues. A prime example of such health related issues is seen with the African American female who are experiencing the highest mortality rate for breast cancer as opposed to their White counterpart. The bottom line to such issues is ethnic minority …show more content…
Also suggested by Lowe and Archibald (2009), such hypothesizing of will allows for implementation of the nursing assessment where categories of beliefs and practices of cultural characteristics can be developed. The future of nursing as further implied by Lowe and Archibald, (2009), is depending on nurses being taught to apply cultural diversity within their clinical setting. It is important for clinicians to confront the shortage of diversity among faculties within educational program in order that students obtain a diverse role model that will address the diverse needs of the students which is more descriptive in
This program as stated per Lowe and Archibald (2009), were developed to increase opportunities for those individuals who were from disadvantaged backgrounds, and as well as, including those who were also from economically disadvantage families and were underrepresented in the nursing profession. With the rise and demand for a diverse workforce among nurses, its important that clinician and educators remains focus on such issues in order to meet the demands of a cultural diverse population. With the reporting from the U.S. Census Bureau according to Lowe and Archibald (2009) greater that 11% of the registered nurse workforce are of racial and ethnic minorities decent. With only 4.6% of this reporting number were seen among non- Hispanic African Americans, and more than 3% of the 11% reported numbers were either Asian or Pacific Islanders. Most of this reported data rep are a representation of unnoticeable changes seen since the 1970’s. As a result of the many changes reported ethnic minorities population in the US continue to face separate and unequal health and a great amount of disparities issues. A prime example of such health related issues is seen with the African American female who are experiencing the highest mortality rate for breast cancer as opposed to their White counterpart. The bottom line to such issues is ethnic minority …show more content…
Also suggested by Lowe and Archibald (2009), such hypothesizing of will allows for implementation of the nursing assessment where categories of beliefs and practices of cultural characteristics can be developed. The future of nursing as further implied by Lowe and Archibald, (2009), is depending on nurses being taught to apply cultural diversity within their clinical setting. It is important for clinicians to confront the shortage of diversity among faculties within educational program in order that students obtain a diverse role model that will address the diverse needs of the students which is more descriptive in