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The Campaign for Action is needed. First for cultural health, end subtle racism in health care providers. Patient advocacy and leadership in education is needed, particularly for Native Americans. Your recent research presents a declining Native American nursing workforce for many states with multiple reservations. A patient told me yesterday that nurses in the hallway presented her as "a typical Navajo" in a shift pass off. The health care organizations need nursing leadership, absolutely.