Demarest D J, Sokoloff J
J Cult Divers. 1994 Fall;1(4):70-3.
Attracting and retaining Native American nursing students is crucially important to the health and well-being of Native American populations. Tribal institutions of higher education are doing excellent work, but their continued progress depends on an awareness of their successes, difficulties and functional requirements. This article shares the authors' experiences in teaching nursing Oglala Lakota College's associate degree program on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota, an area approximately the size of the State of Delaware. The authors wish to alert the larger nursing community to some of the educational and health care needs and issues of this population, to communicate the importance of the work of tribal nursing programs and to illustrate the experience as an opportunity for nurses who are interested in multicultural development.
吸引和留住美国原住民护理专业学生对美国原住民人口的健康和福祉至关重要。部落高等教育机构正在开展出色的工作，但它们的持续发展取决于对自身成功、困难和功能需求的认识。本文分享了作者在南达科他州派恩岭印第安人居留地的奥格拉拉·拉科塔学院护理副学位项目教学中的经历，该地区面积约与特拉华州相当。作者希望提醒广大护理界关注这一人群的一些教育和医疗需求及问题，传达部落护理项目工作的重要性，并将这段经历作为对有志于多元文化发展的护士的一次机遇进行阐述。
