Hispanic Voices

Hispanics are the nation’s largest, youngest, and fastest-growing minority and will account for 74 percent of the growth of the labor force between 2010 and 2020; yet Hispanics are underrepresented in nursing and suffer health disparities and inadequate access to health care. Hispanic Voices: Progreso, Poder, y Promesa, (Progress, Power, and Promise) addresses these timely issues and provides educators with solutions to address the shortage of Hispanics in nursing education.

Framed by The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2011) report, Hispanic Voices: Progreso, Poder, y Promesa provides evidenced-based strategies for educators. Topics include a discussion of the future of the Hispanic Registered Nurse workforce in relation to improving quality of care and patient outcomes; nursing education and leadership; how to establish and maintain diversity in nursing education programs and how to retain Hispanic students in BSN programs; contributing factors and strategies to address the shortage of Hispanic nursing faculty; a profile of a student-led mentoring program for Hispanic nursing students; how to increase the Hispanic nursing workforce; perspectives on doctoral study abroad, the impact of globalization on nursing education, and studying abroad in Latin America; and the use of innovative technologies as a strategy to ensure Hispanic nursing student success.

The themes of progress, power, and promise are prominent throughout Hispanic Voices: Progreso, Poder, y Promesa as culture-specific and effective approaches for recruitment, education, and leadership of Hispanics in nursing are outlined. This collection of voices communicates a vision for Hispanics in nursing as well as a legacy of commitment, dedication, resolve, and ingenuity in addressing the complex issue of educating Hispanic nurses.

Hispanic Voices: Progreso, Poder, y Promesa, (Progress, Power, and Promise) provides evidenced-based strategies, framed by the findings and recommendations of The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2011) report, for improving educational outcomes for Hispanics in nursing. The themes of progress, power, and promise are prominent throughout as culture-specific and effective approaches for recruitment, education, and leadership of Hispanics in nursing are outlined. This collection of voices communicates a vision for Hispanics in nursing as well as a legacy of commitment, dedication, resolve, and ingenuity in addressing the complex issue of educating Hispanic nurses.

Editors’ Profiles”
Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN, Editor , is Professor and Nola J. Pender Collegiate Chair of the University of Michigan School of Nursing as well as the Associate Dean of the School of Nursing’s Office of Research and Global Affairs.
Dr. Villarruel is an accomplished bilingual and bicultural researcher with extensive practice experience serving diverse Latino and Mexican populations. Dr Villarruel is the past president and a founding member of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nursing Associations and past president of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. She has served on diverse advisory councils and was the principal and co-principal investigator of seven randomized clinical trials concerned with reducing sexual and other risk behaviors among Latino youth. Dr. Villarruel is a member of the Institute of Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing.

Sara Torres, PhD, RN, FAAN, Co-editor, is nationally known for her research on interpersonal violence. She is the editor of ?Hispanic Voices:?Hispanic Health Educators Speak Out (1999) published by the National League for Nursing and co-founding editor of Hispanic Health Care International, The Official Journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. Dr. Torres has received numerous awards, including the Surgeon General’s Exemplary Service Award. Dr. Torres is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing and a member of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society. She is a consultant on mental health nursing to the Pan American Health Organization and was the director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Center on Mental Health Nursing at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Dr. Torres has served at the national level on committees of numerous associations. Dr. Torres is a past president of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses and served a two-year term on the New Jersey Board of Nursing.

List of Tables ……………………………………………………………………………………………VII
List of Figures………………………………………………………………………………………….VIII
List of Boxes …………………………………………………………………………………………..VIII
Foreword
Antonio R. Flores, PhD……………………………………………………………………………….IX
Preface
Antonia Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN & Sara Torres, PhD, RN, FAAN…………………………XI
Acknowledgments……………………………………………………………………………………… XV

Part One: Overview
Chapter 1: The Future of the Hispanic Registered Nurse Workforce: Improving Quality of Care and Patient Outcomes
Robert J. Lucero, PhD, RN & Lusine Poghosyan, PhD, RN…………………….1
Chapter 2: The Future of Nursing for Hispanics: A Call for Transformation in Nursing Education and Leadership
Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH & Antonia M. Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN…………………………………………………………………..23

Part Two: Strategies for Recruitment and Retention of Hispanics in Nursing
Chapter 3: Finding and Keeping Diversity in Your Program: Hispanics in the Health Professions
Mary Lou Bond, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, Carolyn L. Cason, PhD, RN,
Pat Gleason-Wynn, PhD, RN, LCSW, Jennifer Gray, PhD, RN, Jean Ashwill,
MSN, RN, Claudia S. Coggin, PhD, CHES, Michael D. Moon, MSN, RN, CNS-CC,
CEN, FAEN, Elizabeth Trevino Dawson, DrPH, MPH, Michael Lopez, BA,
Linda Denke, PhD, RN & Susan Baxley, PhD, RN………………………………..41
Chapter 4: Retaining Hispanic Students in BSN Programs

Maithe Enriquez, PhD, RN, ANP-BC & Eve McGee, MSW……………………55

Chapter 5: Contributing Factors and Strategies to Address the Shortage of Hispanic Nursing Faculty
Evelyn Ruiz Calvillo, DNSc, RN……………………………………………………73

Chapter 6: Juntos Podemos (Together We Can): Student-Led Mentoring – A Key Ingredient to Increasing the Hispanic Workforce in Nursing
Norma Martínez Rogers, PhD, RN, FAAN, Adelita G. Cantu, PhD, RN,
Theresa Villarreal, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC & Stephanie Acosta, AS…………..89

Part Three: Education Innovations
Chapter 7: Doctoral Studies in Nursing in Mexico: The Impact of Globalization
Bertha Cecilia Salazar-González, PhD, RN, MA, BSN, Raquel Alicia Benavides, PhD, MCE, BSN & Esther C. Gallegos, PhD, RN, MBA, BSN………………………………………..99
Chapter 8: Reflection: A Student’s Perspective on Studying in Latin America
Carmen Alvarez, PhD, RN, NP-C, CNM…………………………………………113
Chapter 9: The Use of Innovative Technologies as a Strategy to Ensure Hispanic Nursing Student Success
Laura Gonzalez, PhD, RN, APRN, CNE & Jean Giddens, PhD, RN, FAAN……………123

Appendix A: Author Profiles……………………………………………………………………….137
Appendix B: Instructional Self-Assessment…………………………………………………….151
Appendix C: Program Self-Assessment …………………………………………………………161