title: Supporting ethnic and cultural diversity in nursing staff.
abstract: Especially in California, there is a growing need to match the ethnic and cultural profiles of nurses and patients. Two Bay Area healthcare programs pooled financial and human resources to develop long-range strategies aimed at increasing the number of minority graduate nurses. Included were a work-study program, a Russian immigrant nurse training program and a scholarship program for minority students. A Cultural Diversity Enhancement Committee is very active and various educational offerings have emerged from the Nursing Education and Research Department.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Spicer
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Ripple
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Louie
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Baj
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keating
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D012495:San Francisco; D012922:Social Change; D014505:Urban Population