Prompted post #9- Diversity in Nursing

I came across an article that explains the importance of diversity in the Nursing field. Nursing is a growing field becasue without nurses a hospital cannot run properly. Doctors are an important part of hospital care but the nurses are the ones that are constantly dealing with patients are communicating with them on a more personal level. This brings up the point that hospitals are trying to diversify their nursing staff in order to relate to the patient demographics. It has been proven that people would rather be treated by someone that they can relate with because it makes them feel more safe and secure in a hospital setting. According to Veronica Vital Ph-D, Rn at the Chamberlain college of NUrsing in Arizono "It is projected that by 2050 minorities will make up 50 percent of the population in America therefor diversifying the the demographic of the nursing profession so nurses can mirror the face of the community we serve." I believe that this makes perfect sense because as i stated before people want to be treated by someone they can relate to and that means the nursing profession needs to be diversifies to fit anyone that comes into a hospital. It is also proven that people that are of the minority classes are more willing to work in areas with a minority population which means those under-represented minorities will get the help that they need and will not be shorted on medical care.

Studies show that it is pretty hard to diversify the career though based on the amount of people that enroll in nursing programs and just the fact that in the past minorities have not been nursing so trying to start that change is a work in progress. Having minorities represented in the Nursing field will lead to better relationships being built with patients and also overall trust that the patients have going up. Another thing that people are trying to put into the nursing field is the amount of rich people becoming nurses compared to middle class and poor people. Diversity is not only different minorities but also different social classes as well. Since some medical schools and nursing schools are expensive to go to many upper class people end up becoming nurses, but many universities are setting up scholarships for people attempting to become nurses from lower income areas. They want to have a diverse nursing population so patients that are apart of that social class will be able to relate better with the providers. I agree with this because usually one is more apt to relate to someone that knows what they are going through and has been in the same fiscal situation as you.

I think that diversity in Nursing is Important for all of these reasons stated and it is also stated in the article that the nursing field is looking for more males because it is mostly a female occupation. They believe that this will be good for people that are more comfortable being treated by someone of the same gender as them. And because i worked in a hospital for awhile I saw this to be true, some peoploe actually request to have a male nurse instead of a female and vice versa. I think that the diversity in nursing is getting better and will continue to improve as time goes on. Nurses are avery important part of the medical practice and without them things just wouldn't work in hospitals.