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April 16, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF Executive Nurse Fellow Michael Bleich writes, "I now realize the discipline [nursing] was never designed for me."
January 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Innovative programs such as accelerated nursing programs are having a positive effect on access to the nursing profession, nursing scholars have found. It’s a pleasant surprise to the nursing community; the link was not anticipated when accelerated ...
February 1, 2013 | Issue Brief
Policies and practices that support young men of color in their teen years can help put them on the path to lead healthy and productive lives. Young men of color face more obstacles in education, employment, and health than their white peers.
February 28, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Though it remains a predominantly female profession, the U.S. Census Bureau finds that the percentage of nurses who are male more than tripled from 1970 to 2011.
August 15, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
RWJF and the American Assembly for Men in Nursing share a vision for measurable change to take place in the nursing workforce through cultural change, greater diversity in health care leadership and evidence-based change.
October 17, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Introducing “20 x 20: Choose-Nursing” Campaign & Strategic Metrics The AAMN leadership has taken the IOM recommendations seriously by timing and launching a campaign that aims to make 20 percent of nursing student enrollment men by the year 2020.” H ...
October 11, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
Frequently, I am not referred to as the patient’s nursing student, but as their male nursing student. Individuals still feel the need to make the gender distinction, as if my being a male has any bearing on the care I provide. Furthermore, I am ofte ...
September 28, 2011 | Story
Advocates call on men to join the nursing profession to create a more diverse nursing workforce and help curb a projected shortage of nursing that threatens to undermine care.
December 20, 2009 | Story
In a small part in the new movie Precious, rock star Lenny Kravitz takes a big step toward dismantling stereotypes of male nurses.
April 30, 2012 | Story
Male nurse educators help diversify nursing workforce, experts say.