Subscribe to Notes on Nursing, our monthly news digest.
Getting Real: Nursing Today

Student Nurse Leader Aims to Inspire Men in Nursing

Male and female nurse in full scrubs looking at an X-ray
Ruben Rodriguez-Negrete, Jr., president of the Emporia Men’s Assembly of Nurses (EMAN), hopes to inspire future nurses and fuel positive conversation around men in the nursing profession.
Getting Real: Nursing Today

Student Nurse Leader Aims to Inspire Men in Nursing

Ruben Rodriguez-Negrete, Jr., president of the Emporia Men’s Assembly of Nurses (EMAN), hopes to inspire future nurses and fuel positive conversation around men in the nursing profession.
2018-04-19T04:00:00Z
Male and female nurse in full scrubs looking at an X-ray

We recently spoke to Ruben about his experience with EMAN, and how the organization is working to inspire more men to pursue a career in nursing.

Men in NursingNurse LeadersNursing StudentsGetting Real: Today’s Nurse
Latest from Johnson & Johnson Nursing
  • Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship fellows collaborating together in group setting
    The Johnson & Johnson Nurse Innovation Fellowship, powered by Penn Nursing and the Wharton School, is built on the concept of applying design thinking and human-centered design to real-world challenges within health systems. But what is design thinking? And how does this concept help nurses enhance their innovative skills and drive change?
    2024-01-19T15:19:01.445Z
  • The pandemic unleashed an unprecedented era of innovation in new care delivery solutions– with nurses at the center. But do those solutions work to drive change and better support nurses and the patients they care for? That’s what the five nurse-led teams around the country are exploring through a pilot program from the Institute for Health Improvement and the Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation. Through rapid cycle testing, nurses are examining acute care delivery solutions that attract, support, and strengthen a thriving nurse workforce.
    2023-10-11T21:24:49.022Z
  • CompassRN meeting
    For many underrepresented students, nursing pipeline programs don’t start early enough or reach them at all. Meet the nurse who is working to change that, as a nonprofit founder raising awareness of nursing as a vital career choice and developing experiential education and long-term mentors for underrepresented students in Houston’s middle and high schools.
    2023-08-16T20:03:38.595Z
Group of smiling nurses in scrubs holding folders
Group of smiling nurses in scrubs holding folders
Subscribe to Notes on Nursing, our monthly news digest.
Explore issues of our monthly newsletter, which features the many ways nurses' innovation and leadership drive transformative change in healthcare.