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Diversity: An Answer To The Nursing Shortage, Ida Slusher, C. Withrow
Diversity: An Answer To The Nursing Shortage, Ida Slusher, C. Withrow
Ida Slusher
Profound changes are occurring in nursing and the health care world. Two of the changes that are the most profound are the nursing shortage and the changing image of nursing. Although we must retain our current nursing workforce, we also must work diligently to recruit young men and women of diversity into our profession. Faculty will have to respond to the academic needs of the diverse students and will have to develop new and creative nontraditional teaching strategies to meet the students' needs. It is within the shared integrity of learning that diversity is recognized and acknowledged by educators and …