National Survey of Minority Nurses and Follow-up
Pilot Project Provide Wealth of Data and
Insights to Workplace Barriers

Nurses form the largest occupational group - 2.6 million - in the U.S. health care system. While the racial and ethnic make-up of the United States is surging toward greater diversity, a similar change in the nursing profession is yet to be seen. Minority Nurses in the New Century: Characteristics and Workforce Utilization Pattern--A Survey; Building Capacity at Historically Black Colleges through Partnerships--A Pilot Project, by Hattie Bessent , EdD, RN, FAAN, provides a wealth of data and insights essential to identifying and overcoming workplace barriers and increasing diversity in the health care workforce.

Minority Nurses in the New Century presents both a unique national survey of minority nurses and a pilot project that grew out of that initial study. The findings reveal in detail the characteristics of minority nurses, the reality of their work and their perceptions of it. In addition to a discussion of the survey and its findings, the survey's data is conveyed in a series of figures, depicting comprehensively the personal and professional characteristics of these nurses.

The subsequent year-long pilot project allowed a group of nurse leaders from historically black colleges and universities to explore their concerns about collaborative partnerships with majority nursing schools. Findings from the project are presented, along with a detailed practical model, that together help minority nurses develop the skills and strategies needed to assume leadership roles.

Minority Nurses in the New Century will help nursing and health care leaders, educators and researchers to facilitate minority nurses in professional and leadership roles and thus influence health care in a manner appropriate for the 21st century.

Minority Nurses in the New Century is available through American Nurses Publishing, the publishing program of the American Nurses Association. To order, call (800) 637-0323 and ask for Pub# MN22PR. or, order online now List price is $29.95. The ANA constituent member price is $23.95. 96 pages. ISBN 1-55810-172-1.

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