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Each summer, NAHN hosts a conference in which hundreds of nurses attend to discuss issues concerning the Hispanic community, share best evidence-based practices, and view exhibits from nurse researchers, nursing students, recruiters, nursing schools, non-governmental organizations such as the American Heart Association, and many research ...
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Cultural competence is a practice of values and attitudes that aims to optimize the healthcare experience of patients with cross cultural backgrounds. [6] Essential elements that enable organizations to become culturally competent include valuing diversity, having the capacity for cultural self-assessment, being conscious of the dynamics inherent when cultures interact, having ...
Hilda Bowen (1923–2002), credited with establishing the modern nursing profession in The Bahamas; Peggy Boyd (1905–1999), one of Scotland's first air ambulance nurses; served during World War II; Jo Brand (born 1957), British nurse-turned-comedian; Elsa Brändström (1888–1948), Swedish World War I Red Cross nurse in Siberia
Gerontological nursing is complex and requires extensive interventions to keep the elderly safe. Nurses must be able to accommodate their patients for the vision loss, hearing loss, and dental issues. Elderly people with poor vision can be given reading materials with larger font, be provided with magnifying glasses, and brighter lighting. [15]
Critical Care Nursing: A History (2000) excerpt and text search; Hine, Darlene Clark. Black Women in White: Racial Conflict and Cooperation in the Nursing Profession, 1890-1950 (Indiana UP, 1989) online; Malka, Susan Gelfand. Daring to care: American nursing and second-wave feminism (U of Illinois Press, 2007) online.
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The Living Legend designation from the American Academy of Nursing is bestowed upon a very small number of nurses "in recognition of the multiple contributions these individuals have made to our profession and our society and in recognition of the continuing impact of these contributions on the provision of health care services in the United States and throughout the world."