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- Title
The Nursing Profession, Diversity, and Wages.
- Authors
Spetz, Joanne
- Abstract
The author reflects on the profession, diversity, and wage gaps and differences of registered nurses (RNs) in the U.S. Topics discussed include the studies on gender gaps in nursing wages and bilingualism, the study of J. Moore and colleagues on the heterogeneity, wage gaps and nonwage attributes of urban nurses, and policies related to human capital. Also mentioned is the workplace discrimination faced by African Americans and Hispanics RNs.
- Subjects
NURSES' salaries; WAGE differentials; DIVERSITY in the workplace; BILINGUALISM; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN capital; EMPLOYMENT discrimination; AFRICAN American nurses; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Health Services Research, 2016, Vol 51, Issue 2, p505
- ISSN
0017-9124
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1111/1475-6773.12476