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Nursing and health care education, practice, and research are occurring within the context of rapidly changing demographics and global migration, a shift in health and illness patterns, and an unstable economic environment with limited resources. National priorities for health care and research include the provision of culturally sensitive and appropriate services and interventions; elimination of health disparities across gender, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups; the development of community-partnered programs; health promotion across multiple high risk behaviors; and adaptation and qualify of life in chronic illness and conditions. Gone are the days of idealistic education, isolated practice, and ivory tower research. The work of nursing and health care professionals must now be culturally and socially responsive and address contemporary "calls to action".
Barry University's School of Nursing has responded to professional mandates by adopting three focal areas for graduate education and research: (a) multicultural health, (b) health care of underserved and disenfranchised populations, and (c) risk...