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The Diversity Imperative: Strategies to Address a Diverse Nursing Workforce
Author(s) -
Noone Joanne
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nursing forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.618
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1744-6198
pISSN - 0029-6473
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2008.00105.x
Subject(s) - cinahl , workforce , variety (cybernetics) , diversity (politics) , workforce diversity , nursing , nurse education , nursing literature , action (physics) , medline , psychology , medicine , sociology , alternative medicine , computer science , political science , pathology , artificial intelligence , psychological intervention , law , physics , quantum mechanics , anthropology
TOPIC. There has been a call to action for the need to create a more diverse nursing workforce.PURPOSE. The purpose of this article is to outline and review strategies that schools of nursing education can use to increase the recruitment, retention, and success of a diverse nursing student body . SOURCES OF INFORMATION. A review of the nursing literature was performed using CINAHL and hand‐searching references. Abstracts were reviewed and articles included if the topic of the article referred to strategies to increase the diversity of nursing students . CONCLUSIONS. A variety of strategies are being used to address this issue. A multifaceted approach is recommended .