Discrimination Experienced in the Nursing Profession by Minority Nurses

<p>Even in today’s diverse world discrimination unfortunately still occurs on the street in schools and in the workplace. In her compilation of fifty true stories Dr. Melvina Semper provides a disheartening look into the experiences of twenty-first-century minority student nurses and practicing nurses working in New York City hospitals.<br />Dr. Semper who holds three nursing degrees interviewed fifty nurses whose personal stories reveal the ill treatment and lack of promotion diversity moral support and other barriers students and nurses must face on the job. From the Hispanic nurse whose patient requested that only a white nurse care for her to the Russian nurse who was only allowed to work night shifts to the minority nurse who witnessed an accidental patient death and then was told not to talk about it by her white managers Dr. Semper not only shares real-life stories but also highlights the need for stricter laws enforcement of affirmative action and the regulation of health care facilities to eradicate racisms at all levels.<br />Discrimination Experienced in the Nursing Profession by Minority Nurses offers eye-opening stories that will create awareness of the obstacles racism and discrimination that minority student nurses and practicing nurses face while working in New York City hospitals.</p>