Minority nurses in the news.

K nowledge of the image of minority nurses that is projected to the public via the mass media is crucial to the advancement of these groups. To determine the image of minorities in nursing as it was expressed in American newspapers in 1978, we asked the following questions: • Where and to what extent are minority nurse groups made visible to the public through the newspapers? • To what extent do minority nurses differ in terms of news coverage as contrasted with other nurses? • What is the nature of the newspapers' profile of minorities in nursing as a whole? • What are the unique issues being conveyed to the public about each separate minority group?