Expanding Diversity in Nursing

1. Expanding Diversity in Nursing Presented by Members of CNSA

2. Minority nursing statistics • There are 2,694,540 licensed registered nurses in the United States • Approximately 87% of all RNs are Caucasian; 4.9% are African American; 2% are Hispanic; 2% are Hispanic; 0.5% are American Indian or Alaska Native • 133,041 black (non-Hispanic) nurses • 54,861 Hispanic/Latino nurses • 13,040 American Indian/Alaska Native nurses

3. Men in Nursing • Approximately 5.4% of the 2.1 million R.N.s employed in nursing in the United States are men • American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN) • would like to see those numbers increase and for nursing to become more of a gender-neutral field • Male Nurse Magazine

4. Changing the face of Nursing

5. Why nursing? • Personal satisfaction and growth • As a nurse, you're making a real difference in people's lives every day. • Career mobility • Once you become a registered nurse (RN), you can take your career in other directions, too. You could work on the front lines in trauma care or in the justice system as a legal nurse consultant. • Job security • Nursing is the fastest-growing occupation in the US. Nurses make up the majority of the healthcare industry, and that number’s going up, with 581,500 more nursing jobs by 2018 • Scheduling flexibility • More than half of the nation's professional nurses work full time. You could work the day, evening, or night shift. • Competitive salaries • In California, on average nurses make $80k per year • Jean Keller, California Prison Nurse, Nets $270,000

6. Nursing specialties • Clinical • Medical-Surgical • Emergency Room • ICU (Intensive Care) • Community • Hospice • Correctional • Nurse Researcher • Family • Geriatric • Pediatric • Gynecology/ Obstetrics • Management • School Nurse • Forensic • Nurse Attorney • Case Manager • Advanced Practice • Certified Nurse Midwife • Nurse Practitioner • Nurse Anesthetist

7. How to become a Nurse? • Select a school with a nursing program • Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) • Take the required courses (GE courses) • College level English • College level Math • Microbiology • Anatomy • Physiology • Successfully complete RN program • Minimum 2.0 GPA (criteria differs depending on program) • Obtain an RN license • Obtain an application package and detailed instructions online at the BRN website • Take and pass the National Council Licensing Examination (NCLEX). The exam is computerized and given continuously 6 days a week.

8. References American Assembly for Men in Nursing. (n.d.). About us. Retrieved from http://aamn.org/history.shtml Board of Registered Nursing. (2011). Steps to become a California Registered Nurse. Retrieved from http://www.rn.ca.gov/careers/steps.shtml Johnson & Johnson. (n.d.). Explore specialties. Retrieved from http://www.discovernursing.com/explore-specialties#no-filters Sabatine, J. (n.d.). Minority nursing statistics. Retrieved from http://www.public.iastate.edu/~monica66/wbtu/teachingunit/statistics.html The Huffington Post. (2011, Oct 28). Jean Keller, California Prison Nurse Nets $270,000 Income Thanks to Overtime.Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/jean-keller-prison-nurse-nets-270000-overtime-pay_n_1035372.html University of Rochester Medical Center. (n.d.). Why Choose Nursing.Retrieved from http://www.son.rochester.edu/prospective-students/why-choose-nursing.html Wilson, D. (2009). Meet the men who dare to care. Retrieved from http://web.jhu.edu/jhnmagazine/summer2009/features/men_in_nursing.html