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 ...

An honor is coming for a former Pauls Valley resident who decades ago stepped in as the first African American nurse at a hospital in Ardmore. Erma Willis-Alford will be in the Black History Month ...

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.

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 ...

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

Alvionna Brewster is the driving force behind the Black Nurse Entrepreneurs (BNE) group, a community dedicated to supporting African-American nurses. Founded in 2015, BNE has grown to include over ...

Dr. Danita Potter, a professor and the Dean of Nursing, highlights the critical need for this program, stating, “There were not a lot of African American nurses at all, particularly in the South.