Meeting the challenge: educating ethnic minority nursing students--a continuing role

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU's) traditionally have educated large numbers of Black nurses. HBCU programs must not lose the vision from the past in attempts to demonstrate diversity in the future. The need for HBCU's as providers of Black nurses necessitate an even larger and viable role in changing health care environments. The roles must be designed to increase retention, reduce barriers, and generate outcomes for HBCU's to remain in the forefront of educating nurse leaders for tomorrow.