"It feels like a never-ending fight to practice, a never-ending fight to prove yourself, a never-ending fight to measure up; but I'm asking, to measure up to what?" — Stephanie Wroten, BSN, MSN, LNC, chief nursing officer, Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center

Growing a diverse nursing workforce is crucial to improving healthcare for everyone, but the educational and professional journeys of many nurses of color can leave invisible wounds and aftereffects that may linger throughout their career.

For this week's lead story, I spoke with Stephanie Wroten, BSN, MSN, LNC, chief nursing officer for Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center, which serves rural eastern North Carolina, about the challenges that minority nurses—including herself—encounter from the beginning of their education and throughout their career.

A Diverse Nursing Workforce Depends on Purging Minority Nurses' Education and Employment Barriers

Nursing schools must 'turn performance into possibility' and look beyond test scores before turning away minority applicants, CNO says.

New Joint Commission 'Quick Safety' Advisory Addresses Intimate Partner Violence

With their position on the frontlines of healthcare, nurses are perfectly positioned to identify patients who may be victims of intimate partner violence.

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Nursing Educators Must Infuse Innovation Into Their School's Program, Penn Nursing Leaders Say

Authors of a new Journal of Professional Nursing article provide strategic steps to build an infrastructure that supports innovation.

California Launches Medicaid Innovation With New MCO and Technology Requirements

'The entire country is going to be watching CalAIM,' says one California Medicaid MCO executive.

Employee Healthcare Worker Morale, Safety Concerns Rise Without OSHA ETS Protections

OSHA withdrew a majority of provisions in its Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard in December 2021.

Vaccine Wars Ignite in California as Lawmakers Seek Stronger Laws

Vaccine opponents say Democratic-led efforts to adopt stricter vaccine requirements are only helping propel their movement, handing them unparalleled momentum to build their ranks both in California and nationally.

Must Reads

Coast hospitals 'can’t afford' to lose nurses, but many front-line workers refuse vaccine — The Sun-Herald
The trauma of traveling nurses — a tug between supply and demand — The Laconia Daily Sun
'Nurses have been the backbone for decades...' State legislators propose new bill focused on nursing education — WTHI-TV
'A bitter pill to swallow' | As state calls on traveling nurses to fill void, some bothered by wage disparities — KARE11
Most vulnerable more likely to depend on ERs for preventable care — U.S. Census Bureau
Community profile: Silt woman pursues dream of becoming nurse with help from scholarships — Post-Independent

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Carol Davis
Nursing Editor