AJN editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with author Teodocia Maria Hayes-Bautista about her article “Original Research: Latino Nurses in the United States: An Overview of Three Decades (1980-2010).”

Studies have shown that a diverse health care workforce is key to reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care. But while the U.S. Latino population has tripled, the Latino RN workforce has not kept pace. AJN’s editor-in-chief Shawn Kennedy speaks with the author about the issues spurring this research and what can be done to increase the number of Latino nurses.