title: A more diverse nursing workforce.
authors.affiliation: Antonia Villarruel is a professor and the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing in the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, and a cochair of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Diversity Steering Committee. Deborah Washington is the director of diversity for Patient Care Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and a cochair of the Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Diversity Steering Committee. William T. Lecher is the senior clinical director of the Specialty Resource Unit at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, and the immediate past president of the American Assembly for Men in Nursing. Nefertari A. Carver is a project manager at the Center to Champion Nursing in America, Washington, DC. Contact author: Nefertari A. Carver, ncarver@aarp.org. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Antonia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villarruel
authors.forename: Deborah
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authors.lastname: Washington
authors.forename: William T
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authors.lastname: Lecher
authors.forename: Nefertari A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Carver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006280:Health Workforce / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009516:New Mexico; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D012237:Rhode Island; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014922:Wisconsin; D055815:Young Adult