This nurse leader profile describes some of the achievements by Brigadier General
Carmelita Vigil Schimmenti, the Ninth Nurse Corps Chief of the United States Air Force
and first Hispanic Air Force general officer. General Schimmenti describes her leadership
within cultural, social, and professional nursing contexts.
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References
- Fact sheet: enhancing diversity in the nursing workforce.(Available at:)https://www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Fact-Sheets/Enhancing-DiversityDate accessed: September 28, 2018
- Increasing racial/ethnic diversity in nursing to reduce health disparities and achieve health equity.Public Health Rep. 2014; 129: 45-50
- A framework for Latino nursing leadership.Nurs Sci Q. 2017; 30: 347-352
- Nursing as a career choice by Hispanic/Latino college students: a multi-institutional study.J Nurs Educ. 2015; 54: S83-S88
Biography
Victoria Hughes, DSN, MA, RN, CENP, is assistant professor at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in Baltimore, Maryland. She can be reached at [email protected] Tamryn Gray, PhD, MSN, RN, BMTCN, is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts.
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