Voces de la Isla: Advancing Birth Equity in Puerto Rico – English

About this episode

The episode discusses the nursing workforce in Puerto Rico and AWHONN's initiatives to support their needs post-COVID-19.

Bienvenidos! Join us on AWHONN Insights for our first bilingual episode shining a light on the nursing workforce in Puerto Rico. Drs. Danielle Jones, Angela Lober, and Noemy Diaz-Ramos discuss research after the COVID-19 pandemic that focused on a committed, yet overly stressed nursing workforce in Puerto Rico as well as AWHONN’s new initiative to build representation among the U.S. territories and understand their nursing workforce needs through community-led efforts. Listen to how a collaboration with the University of Puerto Rico unfolded that centers the voices of Puerto Rico nurses and informs AWHONN on methods to support their professional development goals. Meet our guests: Noemy Díaz-Ramos, EdD, RN, MSN Read More Dr. Noemy Díaz-Ramos currently serves as a Professor and Researcher at the University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, and as Interim Associate Dean of Research at the School of Nursing. She is a psychiatric and mental health nurse with a primary focus on qualitative research, while also integrating quantitative and mixed-methods approaches. Her work centers on trauma-informed and culturally responsive research related to interpersonal violence, mental…

People in this episode

Guests: Noemy Díaz-Ramos, Angela Lober

Topics covered

• birth equity
• nursing workforce
• Puerto Rico
• COVID-19
• professional development
• community-led efforts

Keywords

• birth equity
• nursing
• Puerto Rico
• COVID-19
• AWHONN
• professional development
• community efforts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AWHONN, University of Puerto Rico

Places: Puerto Rico

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