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Mary Eliza Mahoney,R.N.
First Black Nurse 1845-1926
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Minority RNs in US]
National Association of Black Nurses
African American Women Nurses guide to print and web resources
Black Women In The Military[much info on nurses]
Erase the Hate: The Truth About Racism in Nursing
MinorityNurse.com
Link to their articles
index
National Association of Black Nurses
African American Women Nurses guide to print and web resources
Black Women In The Military[much info on nurses]
Erase the Hate: The Truth About Racism in Nursing
MinorityNurse.com
Link to their articles
index
Respondents to the 2000 survey reported the following: 4.9 percent or 133,041 reported being Black/ African American (non-Hispanic); 3.5 percent or 93,415 reported being Asian; 2.0 percent or 54,861 reported being Hispanics; 0.5 percent or 13,040 reported being American Indian/Alaska Native; 0.2 percent reported being Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; and 1.2 percent reported being of two or more racial backgrounds."
The Registered Nurse Population National Sample Survey of
Registered Nurses - March 2000
Preliminary Findings - February 2001. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing; Cited at Nurseweek
"The percentage of minority RNs is increasing,
but at a very slow rate, and the percentage of minority RNs within the
RN population still lags behind the percentage of minorities within the
general population."
The
National Sample Survey of RNs: What does it tell us? by
David Keepnews, JD, MPH, RN
Nursing World.May/June 1998
"Minorities make up about 25 percent
of the U.S. population, but only about 10 percent work as healthcare professionals.
Many believe that disparity is hurting access to health care for minorities,
and that the gap is bound to widen as the nation becomes more ethnically
diverse in the next decade"
Closing
the Gap By Mary Ann Hellinghausen
nurseweek.com March 13,
2000
Registered Nurse Population
* 2,558,874 Licensed in the USA
* 90% Caucasian
* 4.2% African/American
* 3.4% Asian/Pacific Islanders
* 1.6% Hispanic
* .5% American Indian/Alaskan Native
Registered
Nurse Statistics FACT SHEET From the American Association of Critical
Care Nurses Webpages
Group Image: 1918, Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio. Members
of the Army Nurse Corps
Part of the Crile Archives and History Education pages property of
the Crile
Archives and Cuyahoga Community College
Mahoney's Image from Duke University Medical Center Website:
Black History Month A Medical Perspective Exhibited February-March 1999
See also Bridgewater State College Hall of Black Achievement
The first black nurses arrive to England. 1944. from the Library of
Congress.
National Digital Archive, African
American Odyssey