{"id":11525,"date":"2025-06-12T00:33:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/celebrating-the-legacy-of-ildaura-murillo-rohde-champion-for-latina-nurses\/"},"modified":"2025-06-12T00:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:33:32","slug":"celebrating-the-legacy-of-ildaura-murillo-rohde-champion-for-latina-nurses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cstc.vn\/blogtsk\/celebrating-the-legacy-of-ildaura-murillo-rohde-champion-for-latina-nurses\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Legacy of Ildaura Murillo-Rohde: Champion for Latina Nurses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo by Lorin Granger\/HLS Staff Photographer; illustration by Nuestro Stories.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve ever walked into a hospital, you\u2019ll probably believe that the nurses keep the place running. While the white-coated physicians<\/a> usually get all the credit, it\u2019s really the nurses who bear the brunt of the work. Need some proof? Just look at the story of Ildaura Murillo-Rohde, a tenacious Latina who founded the National Association of Hispanic Nurses in 1975.<\/p>\n

Born in 1920 in Panama, Murillo-Rohde came to the United States in 1945. She graduated from the Medical and Surgical Hospital School of Nursing three years later.<\/p>\n

After graduating from Teachers College, Columbia University, with a psychiatric nursing education and supervision degree, Murillo-Rohde became the first Hispanic nurse to earn a doctorate from New York University (NYU).<\/p>\n

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Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde founded the Nat’l Association of Hispanic Nurses @nahnnursing<\/a> in 1975. She was concerned the American Nurse Assoc., was not meeting the needs of Latino nurses. We honor her during #WomensHistoryMonth<\/a> #WomensHistoryMonth2023<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/P690mLJw9z<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/pxXEgSuWAJ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Wise Latinas Linked (@wiselatinaslink) March 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The story of Murillo-Rohde: When vocation and cultural awareness meet<\/h2>\n

Being the first Latina nurse to earn a doctorate immediately transformed Murillo-Rohde into a trailblazer. As she saw high school counselors trying to steer Latino students into AD nursing programs, she realized that the ceiling was too low for Latinos who felt the calling.<\/p>\n

\u201cI began to realize that something had to be done about this,\u201d she said, as quoted<\/a> by the \u201cMinority Nurse Magazine.\u201d \u201cI saw that I was the only Hispanic nurse who was going to Washington to work with the federal government, review research and education grants, etc. There was nobody else. I looked behind me and thought: \u2018Where are my people?’\u201d<\/p>\n

Murillo-Rohde then began to raise awareness of the fact that, among Latinos, there is a \u201cculture within a culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

This is why, in 1975, she founded the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN) and served as its first president.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no money to do anything. For the first four years, I was the chief cook and bottle washer for NAHN. I promoted the association, I put out the newsletter, I did everything,\u201d she told \u201cMinority Nurse Magazine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It’s always good to see Latinos represented in nursing, let alone it being Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rohde\u2026 and on Google! ???? @nahnnursing<\/a> #HispanicHeritageMonth<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/4RaAI8flsp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jose G. Llanas (@josegllanas) September 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Murillo-Rohde\u2019s work changed the profession forever<\/h2>\n

Throughout her career, Murillo-Rohde made sure that while she was the first Latina nurse to earn a doctorate, she would not be the last.<\/p>\n

Her commitment<\/a> was to increase the number of Latina nurses, reflected decades later when the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated<\/a> the true strength of Hispanic nurses in the United States.<\/p>\n

Murillo-Rohde also sought to increase<\/a> the number of policy experts advising legislators on Latino health issues. She also served as a consultant to the World Health Organization for the government of Guatemala and was appointed Permanent Representative to UNICEF by the International Federation of Business and Professional Women.<\/p>\n

In 1994, she was named a Living Legend of the American Academy of Nursing.<\/p>\n

Murillo-Rohde passed away in Panama on September 5, 2010, one day short of her 90th birthday.<\/p>\n

The post Celebrating the Legacy of Ildaura Murillo-Rohde: Champion for Latina Nurses<\/a> appeared first on Nuestro Stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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