J Nurs Educ. 2013 Oct;52(10):593-6. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20130924-01. Epub 2013 Sep 24.
The wide disparities in health by race and ethnicity across the nation underscore the continuing need to increase the number of racial and ethnic minorities in the nursing workforce. In their roles as educators and researchers, minority nursing faculty help to alleviate the current disconnect between health care providers and the population that nurses serve. The authors have developed a program to increase the number of minority students in the baccalaureate nursing program at their university and to prepare them to enroll in doctoral programs within 1 year of graduation. The Careers Beyond the Bedside program offers undergraduates preentry, academic enrichment, and graduate school preparation activities designed to facilitate careers as nursing faculty educators and researchers.
全国范围内，不同种族和族裔之间的健康状况存在巨大差异，这突显了继续增加护理劳动力中少数族裔和少数民族人数的必要性。少数族裔护理教师在教育和研究方面发挥作用，有助于缓解医疗保健提供者与护士服务的人群之间目前存在的脱节现象。作者们制定了一个方案，以增加其所在大学护理学士学位课程中少数族裔学生的数量，并使他们能够在毕业后 1 年内入读博士课程。该项目名为“超越床边的职业”，为本科生提供入学前、学术充实和研究生院准备活动，旨在促进他们成为护理教师教育者和研究者的职业发展。
