Hispanics in Nursing The National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) is profiling Hispanic nurses in a new radio campaign -- Carreras en Enfermería / Hispanics in Nursing -- to spark the interest of persons looking for rewarding and fulfilling career opportunities to grow professionally as a nurse.
Featured Role Model
Vanessa Sanchez
Vanessa Sanchez recently graduated from the nursing program at Charles R. Drew University. Growing up in South Gate, California, where there is a predominant Hispanic population, she witnessed the health disparities that her community faced due to lack of resources. For Vanessa, nursing is an opportunity to give back to more Hispanic communities in cities similar to South Gate. Vanessa also likes how nursing offers a vast amount of career opportunities, such as being an educator or a nurse practitioner. Vanessa’s role model is her mother, who raised her and her sister as a single parent.
Out of the 3,000,000 registered nurses in the U.S., Hispanics represent only 3.6% even though Hispanics make up 17% of the U.S. population. Many Hispanic students and parents are not aware of the multiple opportunities that exist in the nursing fields.