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Area of Science:

Nursing Workforce Diversity
Healthcare Leadership Development
Culturally Sensitive Care

Background:

The United States nursing workforce does not reflect the nation's changing demographics.
Underrepresentation of minority nurses leads to suboptimal patient care due to a lack of culturally sensitive care.
A leadership development program was created to address these issues.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze leadership opportunities for minority nurses within a collaborative academic-practice program.
To evaluate the effectiveness of a leadership development program for African American (AA) Registered Nurse (RN) graduates.
To understand how such programs can improve minority representation in nursing leadership.

Main Methods:

Qualitative analysis of the experiences of 19 African American (AA) RN graduates.
The study focused on a collaborative leadership development program between an urban baccalaureate nursing program and a healthcare system.
Participants' engagement in personal and professional nursing leadership activities was assessed.

Main Results:

The leadership development program enhanced participants' active engagement in nursing leadership activities.
The program effectively integrated AA nurses into the healthcare practice environment.
Participants showed increased potential for future leadership roles in nursing and healthcare.

Conclusions:

Collaborative academic-practice leadership programs are effective in developing and retaining minority nurses.
These programs can help overcome the underrepresentation of minorities in nursing leadership.
Investing in such initiatives can improve culturally sensitive care and patient outcomes.