Examining Student Preparation for Advancing Care in a Diverse Society.

Background: Although many nursing programs include health equity in their curriculum, research investigating the efficacy of such curricula often is lacking.

Method: Using criterion sampling, school of nursing alumni who could speak about their graduate preparation and current experiences working with diverse patient populations were recruited for this study. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 22 alumni regarding their curricular, clinical, and co-curricular experiences as graduate students to better understand the strengths and gaps in their preparation as health professionals.

Structural Racism Hurts All Nurses.

Why health care must be reenvisioned through a DEI lens.

Use of Simulation to Integrate Cultural Humility Into Advanced Health Assessment for Nurse Practitioner Students.

Background: Increasing cultural humility among nursing students requires the application of knowledge and skills. The integration of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) offered nurse practitioner students practice in simulation.

Method: This learning activity included pre- and postassessments of knowledge regarding cultural issues and level of student satisfaction.

Development and Psychometric Testing of a Measure to Evaluate Faculty Engagement With Underrepresented Minority Nursing Students.

Background And Purpose: The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid measure of faculty response patterns to the needs of underrepresented minority (URM) nursing students.

Methods: A mixed-method approach.

Results: The 10-item scale was found to be valid (content validity index [CVI] = .

Laying down the knife may decrease risk of HIV transmission: cultural practices in Cameroon with implications for public health and policy.

The risk of HIV transmission may be increased by certain cultural practices. In Cameroon, these practices include group circumcision of boys using unsterile knives during rites of passage, skin cutting or tribal markings, group breast feeding practices and nose shaving rituals. Since traditional healers and circumcisers have a vital role in these practices at the village level, their collaboration is needed by government and biomedical communities to engage in health education and prevention efforts to stem HIV incidence and prevalence.

Laying down the knife may decrease risk of HIV transmission: cultural practices in Cameroon with implications for public health and policy.

The risk of HIV transmission may be increased by certain cultural practices. In Cameroon, these practices include group circumcision of boys using unsterile knives during rites of passage, skin cutting or tribal markings, group breast feeding practices and nose shaving rituals. Since traditional healers and circumcisers have a vital role in these practices at the village level, their collaboration is needed by government and biomedical communities to engage in health education and prevention efforts to stem HIV incidence and prevalence.

Enhancing cultural competencies of advanced practice nurses: health care challenges in the twenty-first century.

Shifting population demographics will have a major impact on the practice of advanced practice nurses (APNs). The ethnic composition of people in this country is becoming increasingly diverse. Massachusetts and, in particular, the city of Worcester is also experiencing changes in the diversity of its population.

Teaching with the Nightingale Tracker technology in community-based nursing education: a pilot study.

Changes in health care delivery are becoming increasingly focused on technology. Nursing students are often expected to travel long distances to suitable community sites for clinical experiences, which challenges nurse educators to design and implement instructional strategies to provide students with optimal clinical practice opportunities, while maintaining preceptor-student supervision and vital communication links. This article reports a pilot evaluation of the Nightingale Tracker system, which included both a server and an innovative, hand-held device designed to accommodate multiple forms of data input and allow timely communication between clinical faculty and students in community-based clinical settings.