The diversity imperative: strategies to address a diverse nursing workforce.
OBJECTIVE
There has been a call to action for the need to create a more diverse nursing workforce.


OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to outline and review strategies that schools of nursing education can use to increase the recruitment, retention, and success of a diverse nursing student body.


METHODS
A review of the nursing literature was performed using CINAHL and hand-searching references. Abstracts were reviewed and articles included if the topic of the article referred to strategies to increase the diversity of nursing students.


CONCLUSIONS
A variety of strategies are being used to address this issue. A multifaceted approach is recommended.
Noone
Joanne
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Nursing, Oregon Health and Science University, Ashland, OR, USA. noonej@ohsu.edu
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