Fargo Native American nurse featured in film promoting "health equity"

(Fargo, ND) -- A Fargo nurse is featured in a new documentary that she says is aimed at creating awareness around the topic of "health equity".

"So it's about you know things that can help create equity for healthcare in the United States as a whole and really driving home the point of equity versus equality, because equity is giving everybody the same things and equity is giving people what they need," said psychiatric nurse practitioner Whitney Fear.

Fear is a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation and grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Many of her patients are members of disadvantaged communities, including homeless people. She says more federal funding is necessary for the Indian Health Service to improve patient care. Below is a link to the documentary "Who Cares: A Nurses's Fight for Equity".

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so1G2QuGsWQ