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In 1963, the first thing Sarah Sheets Cook did when she finished her nursing shift at the Children’s Hospital, was look for her starched white cap which she took off at the beginning of her shift.

 Last month The New England Journal of Medicine published an opinion piece by Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH, commissioner of New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Entitled “#BlackLivesMatter – A Challenge to the Medical and Public Health Communities,” it challenged those of us in health care to take a stand on race-related issues in our field.

The nursing workforce, which is the largest sector of health professionals in the United States, is comprised of individuals with varying educational backgrounds and expertise, representing many specialties and subspecialties. 

Creating and sustaining diversity at the Columbia University School of Nursing is job one for Vivian Taylor, EdD, the school’s Associate Dean for Diversity and Cultural Affairs.