Patient Engagement April 2, 2024
Growth in nursing workforce diversity is welcome news for a healthcare industry focused on health equity.
The nursing field is getting closer to improving medical workforce diversity, with new figures from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) showing greater proportions of non-Hispanic Black and non-Hispanic Asian people working as licensed registered nurses.
The report, which used data from 2022, showed a net 3 and 4 percentage-point increase in the number of Black and Asian nurses in the United States, respectively. However, the number of Hispanic nurses decreased slightly between 2018 and 2022, from 10 percent of the nursing workforce to 9 percent.
These findings come as healthcare continues to stare down striking workforce problems. During and after the early...
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