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Nurses You Should Know: Helping Change the Nursing Narrative
Nurses You Should Know launched on the first day of Black History Month. The project, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Nursing, includes daily stories of Black nurse pioneers and will also incorporate Asian Pacific Heritage Month (May), Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept – Oct), and Indigenous Peoples Month (Nov).
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Documentary about St. Louis' Homer G. Phillips Hospital a labor of love
St. Louis Public Radio
July 25, 2018
By Sarah Fentem.
History is Repeating the Marginalization of Black Nurses | Opinion
Newsweek
11/10/2021
Denise Dawkins
Mary Eliza Mahoney – First African American Graduate Nurse
An 'open wound': How nurses of color fight the rampant racism plaguing their field
USA Today February 9, 2022 Nada Hassanein
Honoring African American Contributions in Medicine: Nurses
Library of Congress
June 26, 2020
by Ellen Terrell
Black Nurses Association of Central Illinois discuss diversity, pandemic
WMBD Peoria, IL
January 17, 2022
Demetrios Sanders
The Rise and Decline of African-American Hospitals in Philadelphia
Hidden City
OCTOBER 2, 2020
by Moyra Schauffler
Data Spotlight: Trends in Black/African American Nursing Graduates and Faculty
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
June 9, 2021
Bullied and disciplined: How Black nurses are being failed
Nursing Times
December 2, 2021
BY GRACE HOWARTH
The Disproportionate Impact of Covid-19 on Black Health Care Workers in the U.S.
Harvard Business Review
May 14, 2020
by Adia Harvey Wingfield