TY - JOUR
T1 - Retention of African-American students in baccalaureate nursing programs
T2 - Are we doing enough?
AU - Childs, Gwendolyn
AU - Jones, Rosalind
AU - Nugent, Katherine E.
AU - Cook, Pamela
N1 - Funding Information:
This project was supported by a grant from the Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services (#5 D19HP40380-02).
Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - With the increasing minority population in the United States, much attention has been given to the lack of diversity among health care professionals, specifically nursing. Since the 1960s, the federal government has provided financial resources to institutions of higher education whose purpose was to diversify the health care profession. Historically, these resources have supported initiatives that primarily focused on the recruitment of minority students into higher education. These efforts temporarily increased the enrollment of students from varying racial and ethnic backgrounds. However, without established retention initiatives in place, the attrition rates for students from diverse backgrounds far exceeded the enrollment rates. Consequently, the nursing workforce continues to be a predominantly White female profession. In order for schools of nursing to create a workforce reflective of its patient population, both nursing education and institutions of higher education must be committed to implementing initiatives to increase the retention and graduation rates of minority students.
AB - With the increasing minority population in the United States, much attention has been given to the lack of diversity among health care professionals, specifically nursing. Since the 1960s, the federal government has provided financial resources to institutions of higher education whose purpose was to diversify the health care profession. Historically, these resources have supported initiatives that primarily focused on the recruitment of minority students into higher education. These efforts temporarily increased the enrollment of students from varying racial and ethnic backgrounds. However, without established retention initiatives in place, the attrition rates for students from diverse backgrounds far exceeded the enrollment rates. Consequently, the nursing workforce continues to be a predominantly White female profession. In order for schools of nursing to create a workforce reflective of its patient population, both nursing education and institutions of higher education must be committed to implementing initiatives to increase the retention and graduation rates of minority students.
KW - Ethnic groups
KW - Nursing education
KW - Racial groups
KW - Recruitment
KW - Retention
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U2 - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2004.03.002
DO - 10.1016/j.profnurs.2004.03.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 15176015
AN - SCOPUS:3142702917
SN - 8755-7223
VL - 20
SP - 129
EP - 133
JO - Journal of Professional Nursing
JF - Journal of Professional Nursing
IS - 2
ER -