Nursing Diversity Infographic
Nursing diversity is explained in an infographic that is easy to understand and is a must-read for all nurses!
Nursing Diversity Startling Statistics
- 87% of all Registered Nurses are Caucasian
- But, in 2014: 62% of the U.S. population was Non-Hispanic White
Beginnings:
- 1878: 33 year old Mary Eliza Mahoney is accepted into a nursing program.
- She had worked 15 years in a hospital before that
- At the time, the program only allowed in 1 African American, and 1 Jew in the class
- 1879: Mahoney became first African American nurse in U.S.
Nursing Demographics Throughout History:
- Number of nurses skyrocketed: from 10,000 in 1900 to 230,000 by 1930
- In 1900 white men represented 80% of all male professional nurses, by the 1920s 98% of all such men were white
- As of 1930 only 60% of African American male children were enrolled in school
- 1910: 23% of all men self-identifying as professional nurses were African American, by 1930 that number dropped to only 10%
- 98 years later: while RNs are still mostly white, there is greater diversity
2008 RN population:
- 83.2% non-Hispanic white
- 5.4% African American
- 3.6% Hispanic
- 5.8% Asian/Native Hawaiian
- 0.3% American Indian/Alaska Native
- and 1.7% multiracial nurses
2015 RN population:
- There are 2,694,540 RNs in U.S.
- 87% are Caucasian
- 4.9% (133,041) are African American
- 3.7% (93,415) are Asian or Pacific Islander
- 2% (54,861) are Hispanic
- 0.5% (13,040) are American Indian or Alaska Native
- 1.2% categorize themselves as “multiracial” (two or more races)
Nurses employed full-time:
- 77% of Hispanic/Latino RNs
- 86% of African- American and Asian/Pacific Islander RNs
- 70% of Caucasian RNs
Education:
2011 nursing students from minority backgrounds:
- 26.8% were enrolled in Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs
- 26.1% in master’s nursing programs
- 23.3% in research-focused doctoral nursing programs
Nurses with master’s or doctoral degrees
- 11% are Black or African American
- 10.4% are Caucasian
- 8.4% are Hispanic
By 2060:
- minorities will represent 50% of U.S. population
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