She began her nursing career in 1966 as the first African-American nurse at Memorial Hospital of Southern Oklahoma, now known ...

Many left their homes and families to assume positions on the front lines in the battle against tuberculosis here at Staten ...

Black nurses’ contributions to healthcare and to society as a whole have often been undervalued and hidden. As a result, many ...

Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first black professional nurse in America, and an active organizer among African American nurses ... Mahoney received requests from patients as far away as New Jersey ...

A recent study led by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia found that nurse staffing rates are worse in hospitals with the highest percentage of Black patients.

Hundreds of Black nurses gathered in Washington for The National Black Nurses Association's (NBNA) 37th annual 'National Black Nurses Day on Capitol Hill.' ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, in an address from the floor of the House of Representatives, focused on the ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who battled racial discrimination in a barrier-breaking career as a military nurse, serving as the first African American ... care for White patients. At a welcome briefing ...

The Children's Bureau was particularly interested in educating nurse-midwives to oversee and replace the apprentice-educated "granny," who was still delivering a large number of African American ...

What can an African American therapist help with ... The advantages of seeing a Black therapist are that it may help Black patients feel more confident beginning therapy, feel more easily ...