Diversity

I never truly experienced diversity until I came to IUP. I come from small town where there is no diversity to be experienced. Therefore, when I came to college I experienced all sorts of diversity from various ethnicity's, music interests, and social groups. Also when I started college a huge social change was occurring in the form of the presidential election. Social change and diversity are both huge aspects of my future career, which is nursing. Everyday I will come into contact with various ethnicity's, languages and cultures. So understanding diversity and being accepting of all cultures is extremely important for my career. To promote diversity through social change means to be accepting and work in partnership with those who want to achieve social change in various organizations, groups, politics, etc. Race, gender, and language rights have never been a huge part of my life experience until I started college. The town I come from is 99% Caucasian and haven't ever really been exposed to minorities. There are two issues regarding social change that interest me in regards to nursing. First, is the issue of equality and providing it equally among all cultures and minorities. Second, is trying to develop ways for heath care to be adequately distributed to people in rural areas.