Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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"When the workforce does not align with the population, your system is misaligned by design." That candid observation comes from Tina Loarte-Rodríguez, DP, RN who has spent much of her two decade career in patient safety, risk management, and systems leadership as the only Latina in the room, which she sees as a signal of a systemic failure that demands structural solutions.



As we mark National Nurses Month, Dr. Loarte-Rodríguez joins Raise the Line from Elsevier  host Lindsey Smith to explain why a culturally congruent workforce has important implications for access, trust and quality of care.



This wide-ranging discussion also covers:




• What Dr. Loarte-Rodriguez means by "narrative infrastructure" and how a book series born during COVID is now shaping workforce conversations nationwide;

 


• The case for making mentorship a core institutional system;

 


• Why nursing burnout is not about a lack of resiliency. 




Mentioned in this episode:



Latinas in Nursing (latinasinnursing.org/)
The Connecticut Center for Nursing Workforce (ctcenterfornursingworkforce.com/)






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