Hispanics in Nursing The National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) is profiling Hispanic nurses in a new radio campaign -- Carreras en Enfermería / Hispanics in Nursing -- to spark the interest of persons looking for rewarding and fulfilling career opportunities to grow professionally as a nurse.
Featured Role Model
Ericka Crump
Ericka Crump has a degree in Public Health and is pursuing her nursing degree at Springfield Community College in Massachusetts. She describes nursing as an ‘art’ because it requires the application of human creative skills to understand people and figure out how best to help them. This is her second attempt in a nursing program and she feels like she now understands how best to succeed: work less, build her support network, show up early and ask for help are a few of the changes she has made to her approach.
Out of the 3,000,000 registered nurses in the U.S., Hispanics represent only 3.6% even though Hispanics make up 17% of the U.S. population. Many Hispanic students and parents are not aware of the multiple opportunities that exist in the nursing fields.
