The School of Nursing Hosts Race in America
The School of Nursing Hosts Race in America: Health Equity From a Social Justice Perspective. Back in 2015 Johns Hopkins University formed...
On the Pulse | 03/14/19
health equity
Black moms know the risk, but what are the solutions?
By: Dr. Lauren Parker and Dr. Janiece Taylor Dr. Shalon M. Irving dedicated her life to understanding how structural inequality affects...
On the Pulse | 02/25/19
We Need to Protect Black Moms
By: Helena Addison In the first hour of my OB clinical rotation, I held up a woman’s legs as she gave birth vaginally. The OB/GYN stood...
On the Pulse | 12/17/18
Henrietta Lacks: Rendering the Invisible, Visible
By: Kamila Alexander, PhD, MPH, RN Dr. Kamila Alexander was the keynote speaker for the Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group’s 3rd Annual...
On the Pulse | 10/09/18
Representing Our Cultura at the Table
By: Alisa Ochoa In late winter of my second semester at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, I got a message from Ximena Ibarra that she...
On the Pulse | 10/09/18
Safe Parents, Safe Baby, Safe Sleep
By: Lourdes Celius “Can you please tell me the ABCD’s of safe infant sleep?” I asked a Baltimore mother one September afternoon. On...
On the Pulse | 10/08/18
Wells We Did Not Dig, Fires We Did Not Build
I recently had the honor of being “installed” as the inaugural endowed chair for Health Equity and Social Justice at the Johns Hopkins...
On the Pulse | 09/13/18
Believe Me When I Say That I’m In Pain
A young man with SCD presents to the ED reporting that his leg and back pain is a 9 on a 10-point scale. “Really?” The nurse responds...
On the Pulse | 09/07/18
