Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Overcoming Implicit Bias: A Priority for Nurse Leadership

By Stacey Kusterbeck | Apr 05, 2024

Implicit bias in nursing can have negative impacts to nurses and patients and their families. Learn steps to take to reduce implicit bias in the workplace and create a more comfortable and inclusive work environment.

How the Public's Perception of Nursing Impacts the Profession

By Carlie Konuch | Sep 14, 2023

The public's perception, mainstream media portrayals, and dismantling stereotypes are all critical pieces to providing support to all professions — especially nursing.

How Nurses Can Improve LGBTQ+ Health Disparities

By Linda Childers | Jun 20, 2023

LGBTQ+ patients face many challenges in health care, including accessibility and stigma. Nurses share ways to improve LGBTQ+ health disparities.

Nurses Getting Specialty Training in Care of LGBTQ Patients

By Heather Cygan | Jun 05, 2023

With 7% of people identifying as LGBTQ+, nurses need to learn about health disparities and implicit biases related to LBGTQ patients.

How Nurse-Midwives Can Help in Maternity Care Deserts

By Terrey Hatcher | Oct 13, 2022

Nurse-midwives can ease access to care in maternity care deserts, as the U.S. continues to see high maternal mortality rates.

The Benefits of Increasing the Number of Male Nurses

By Carlie Konuch | Sep 14, 2022

Increasing the number of male RNs could ease the nursing shortage, improve DEI efforts, break the gender stigma, and improve care quality.

The Demand for Bilingual Nurses and Their Impact

By Zelda Meeker | Sep 06, 2022

The demand for bilingual nurses continues to grow. Bilingual nurses help reduce health disparities, enhance patient outcomes, and bridge communication gaps.

Demonstrate and Improve Cultural Competence in Nursing

By Zelda Meeker | Aug 15, 2022

Cultural competence in nursing is crucial. With cultural competence, you can enhance care quality, patient outcomes, and patient-staff relationships.

DEI and Nursing — the Far-Reaching Benefits

By Natalie Vaughn | Jul 25, 2022

When implemented correctly, DEI and nursing efforts can increase access to care for diverse patient populations, improve care quality, and deliver higher patient satisfaction.

Report Shows Increase in Nurse Gender Pay Gap

By Natalie Vaughn | Jul 08, 2022

The nurse gender pay gap has widened, based on data from a recent nurse salary research report, showing a significant increase from previous years.