title: Barriers and facilitators affecting African Americans continuation into graduate programs in nursing.
abstract: The population in the United States (US) is becoming more and more diverse. With each year the minority population in the US continues to grow. In the year 2000 there were over 281 million Americans with approximately 23% of them being minorities (US Census, 2000). African-Americans accounted for 34.6 million of the population or 12.3% in the 2000 census. Yet despite their growing numbers in the general population African-American Registered Nurses (RNs) only accounted for 4.9% of the total nurse population in the 2002 National Sample Survey of RN's (Health Resources Services Administration [HRSA], 2002).
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing at Allen College, Waterloo, IA 50703, USA. mingoa2@ihs.org
authors.forename: Aunderia Doreen
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Mingo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D002321:Career Choice; D002322:Career Mobility; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015146:Midwestern United States; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014146:Training Support / Q000458:organization & administration*