title: A challenge to develop a new paradigm shift in nursing education.
abstract: The failure of American society to integrate all segments of its population is discussed in this paper as well as how the profession of nursing has followed national patterns, what these patterns of exclusion mean to the health care of ethnic communities as well as to the nation. Recommendations are made for positive change.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama, USA.
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004493:Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017145:Models, Educational; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011287:Prejudice; D012945:Social Values; D014481:United States