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Career Development Denise Alexander
As a provider of career training for healthcare workers across the country, the team at Herzing University understands that effective healthcare is more than just the lessons learned from a textbook or one faculty member. It’s about training healthcare workers who can navigate the unique needs of whichever community they are a part of. This means welcoming diversity of thought and diversity of experience. If you want to improve access to quality healthcare for all communities, you need to change the face of those who work in healthcare to represent the communities they serve.
It is important to reflect on how diversity impacts healthcare today and how we, as educators and healthcare professionals, can make a difference for a better tomorrow.
Even in the 2020s, minorities across America lack the same access to treatment or the healthcare system in general as white Americans, something only amplified during the emergence of COVID-19. According to Ipsos, about 30 million people in the U.S. remain uninsured, with half of those 30 million being Black, Hispanic, or Asian.
One way to improve access is through a commitment to reflecting and representing underserved communities. But this itself is difficult. While the national nursing population is growing in diversity, minority nurses remain underrepresented overall. Findings show that nurses from minority backgrounds represent 20.4% of the RN workforce but make up more than a third (39.3%) of the U.S. population. A lack of diversity means a lack of equitable and high-quality healthcare.
By valuing and celebrating diversity, healthcare organizations can enhance their capacity to deliver patient-centered care that is responsive to the unique needs of their diverse patient population.
Reflecting on underserved communities in healthcare significantly impacts both patients and healthcare providers. Here are some ways changing the face of healthcare can be a benefit in your town:
Herzing University remains committed to partnering with and supporting organizations that represent its shared core values of professionalism, respect, integrity, caring and engagement. It’s part of our mission to ensure people of all ages, genders, ethnic, racial and societal backgrounds are offered the opportunities to pursue meaningful degrees and impactful careers.
We encourage you to celebrate diversity every month of the year and advocate for people of all backgrounds to consider careers in nursing and healthcare. It’s the most important thing we can do to help ensure a healthy community and a healthy next generation.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics 2023 / Occupational Outlook Handbook 2022. BLS estimates do not represent entry-level wages and/or salaries. Multiple factors, including prior experience, age, geography market in which you want to work and degree field, will affect career outcomes and earnings. Herzing neither represents that its graduates will earn the average salaries calculated by BLS for a particular job nor guarantees that graduation from its program will result in a job, promotion, salary increase or other career growth.
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