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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
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133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA |
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5138.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM | |||
Oral | |||
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| This session provides an overview of several strategies that are in place to diversify the nursing population. Recruitment and retention of minority students in nursing schools are discussed. The University of Illinois at Chicago's Career Ladders program, Discover Nursing program, and the Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering program are highlighted. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1. Identify strategies to recruit and retain minorities in nursing. 2. Discuss the need for resources to support minorities in professional nursing. 3. Identify internal and external stressors that impede minority retention and progress in professional nursing. | |||
| Alexandra A. Garcia, PhD, RN | |||
Mentoring ethnic minorities into career opportunities in professional nursing: A partnership between community members and the university ![[ Recorded presentation ]](/static/img/filetypes/16x16/wrf.gif){kind=small} Glenda Burnett, RN, MUPP, Kathleen A. Baldwin, PhD, RN, Michele Issel, PhD, Cynthia A. Boyd, MSN, PhD, FAAN | |||
| Overcoming the obstacles to a diverse student population in nurisng education Kathy Perzynski, MS, Deborah Vargo, MSN, Elizabeth Cain, EdD, Alice Parisi, MA | |||
| A “Discover Nursing” educational pipeline: A multicultural approach to the recruitment and retention of nursing students Kimberly Adams Tufts, ND, WHNP, FAAN | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Organized by: | Public Health Nursing | ||
| Endorsed by: | Caucus on Homelessness; Labor Caucus; Maternal and Child Health | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | ||
The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA