Cultural Considerations for the Administrative Nurse Leader



Cultural Considerations for the Administrative Nurse Leader

Introduction

In United States, the profession of nursing is not a representative of the population at large. By any measure, nurses who belong to minority groups are underrepresented in the profession of nursing. Minority population in US has reached 118.6 million which means one out of three residents in the country belongs to one of the minority group (US Census Bureau, 2011). US is the most culturally diverse nation in the world. Diversification of national population has created a need of nursing workforce that is racially diverse. Nurses can ...