Establishing Reputational Equity for the Nursing Profession

Abstract

a labor shortage and facing diversity and inclusion challenges prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.1 Magnifying these problems was a shift in the nation’s population, both geographically and demographically.2 The result was changes in both where nurses are needed in the healthcare system and the nursing skill set required to address healthcare needs of a far more diverse clientele of patients—in terms of race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, age, living arrangements, socioeconomic status and primary language.3