The Nurses You Should Know Project, is a collaborative campaign with ANA and several other nursing organizations, designed to raise awareness to the contributions of nurses of color in the nursing profession and healthcare at large. The project is a year-round social media initiative, launching in Black History Month 2021 and coordinating relevant nurses stories related to Asian Pacific Heritage Month (May), Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept - Oct), and Native American Heritage Month (October).
The project goal is to make visible the role of nurses of color (past and present) in shaping professional nursing and healthcare outcomes. Amplifying the contributions of nurses of color not only improves representation and inclusion, but also serves to demonstrate the critical role nurses have in speaking up and activating change. Follow Nurses You Should Know on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and @KnowNurses on Twitter will link to the Nurses You Should Know publication on Medium which will aggregate stories of nurses of color during the year.
Please complete this 1 minute survey from Nurses You Should Know and learn about upcoming days the nurses stories will be posted through our monthly calendar. To receive a calendar for you to coordinate with your agenda, themes and other campaigns of organizational relevance, sign up here .