Why Voting and Voter Disenfranchisement Matter to Health.

Nurses can play a crucial role as trusted advocates.

Historical Study of the Graduates of the Tuskegee School of Nurse-Midwifery, a Program for Black Nurses.

Objective: To increase awareness of the contributions of Black nurses to midwifery and to provide an understanding of how initiatives in the past address racial disparities in maternal health that are still relevant today.

Design: Historical research.

Setting: The Tuskegee School of Nurse-Midwifery.

Advancing Primary Care Access: Exploring the Impact of the Virtual Waiting Room on the Quadruple Aim.

Background: Community health centers grapple with high no-show rates, posing challenges to patient access and primary care provider (PCP) utilization.

Aim: To address these challenges, we implemented a virtual waiting room (VWR) program in April 2023 to enhance patient access and boost PCP utilization.

Setting: Academic community health center in a small urban city in Massachusetts.

Nursing student perceptions of racism and health disparities in the United States: A critical race theory perspective.

Background: Limited research has been done on nursing students' awareness of racial disparities and their readiness to address bias and racism in clinical practice.

Purpose: This study investigated nursing students' perceptions of how racial disparities affect health outcomes, including maternal outcomes, in the United States.

Methods: Interpretive description was used and supported by the critical race theory as a framework to guide the data collection, analysis, and interpretation to understand participants' perceptions surrounding racism and health disparities.