National Black Nurse Association’s 34th Institute & Conference

National Black Nurse Association’s 34th Institute & Conference
Promoting Improved Patient Health Outcomes by Integrating Nursing Education, Research and Practice was the theme for the 34th Annual National Black Nurse Association’s (NBNA) Institute & Conference, August 9 – 13, in Hollywood, FL.

A new nursing initiative was inaugurated at the Conference, The Institute of Excellence (IOE), under the leadership of NBNA President Dr. Bettye Davis-Lewis and a group of nurse leaders, including Drs. Faye Gary, Ezra C. Holston, Hattie Bessent, Gloria Smith, Rita Dumas, and others. The IOE presented its mission as the Relentless Pursuit of Excellence through Education, Practice, and Research. The IOE will begin focusing on an agenda that will address a variety of health related issues, and widely distribute its work to stakeholders and policy makers.

The Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) was well represented at the conference. MFP Alumnus Judy Cornelius delivered an oral presentation on “Social Support, Self-Care Agency and Self Care Practices of HIV Positive African American Women.” Dr. Cornelius is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Nursing; Dr. Jan Collins-McNeill, PhD, APRN,BC, Assistant Research Professor at Duke University, presented on “Depression, Anxiety, Social Support, and Cardiovascular Risk in African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes” ; and Dr. Ora Strickland, PhD, RN, FAAN presented on “Body Image, Body Weight, and Internalized Oppression.” Dr. Strickland is a professor at the Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing;

MFP Alumni receiving awards included: Cheryl Killion, PhD, MA, MS, BS, Associate Professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, who received the Nurse Researcher of the Year Award “to recognize a nurse researcher who has completed an outstanding research study and who has excellent potential to develop and implement a program of research that contributes to the well being and health care of minorities.” Faye A. Gary, EdD, RN, FAAN, MFP Program Consultant/Director and Medical Mutual of Ohio Professor of Nursing for the Care of Vulnerable and At-Risk Persons at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University received the Nurse Educator of the Year Award “to recognize outstanding contribution to professional and/or patient education.”

The MFP set up its exhibit recruitment booth and disseminated more than 300 copies of the Ethnic Minority Fellowship Program Assessment Report: 1974 – 2000, Executive Summary, and other promotional materials. The Assessment Report was very well received and attracted the attention of many of the conference attendees. The experience was exhilarating and rejuvenating. The MFP received many accolades and good wishes.

Event Photos:

Bettye Smith Williams, DrPH, RN, FAAN, President of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurses Association, Inc. (NCEMA) and former NBNA president is inducted into the NBNA Institute of Excellence (IOE) L to R: Dr. Bettye Smith Williams, Dr. Bettye Davis - Lewis, NBNA President; Dr. Debra Toney, NBNA 1st Vice President; Ms. Azella Collins, NBNA 2nd Vice President; and, Dr. Ezra C. Holston, Steering Committee Member, at the podium.

M. Elizabeth Carnegie, DrPA, RN, FAAN who has devoted her career to advancing knowledge and science is inducted into the NBNA IOE. Dr. Carnegie was the first dean of nursing at Hampton University, and Florida A&M University schools of nursing, President of the American Academy of Nursing, editor of the premier journal, Nursing Research, and chaired the National Advisory Committee of the MFP for almost two decades.

Faye A. Gary, EdD, RN, FAAN, IOE Steering Committee Member and Scholar, gives an overview of the Institute of Excellence as an mechanism that recognizes and awards nurses of African descent who are making phenomenal contributions in science through research, practice, and advocacy.

Gloria Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN, a pioneer in nursing health and health care systems is admitted to the IOE. Dr. Smith also served on the MFP Advisory Committee for many years.

IOE Steering Committee Members (L to R), Dr. Ezra C. Holston, Dr. Bettye Lewis- Davis, and Dr. Faye A. Gary solemnly pay tribute to the accomplished African American nurse visionaries during the closing prayer lead by the Reverend Dr. Carrie Rogers-Brown.

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National Black Nurse Association’s 34th Institute & Conference

Bettye Smith Williams, DrPH, RN, FAAN, President of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurses Association, Inc. (NCEMA) and former NBNA president is inducted into the NBNA Institute of Excellence (IOE) L to R: Dr. Bettye Smith Williams, Dr. Bettye Davis - Lewis, NBNA President; Dr. Debra Toney, NBNA 1st Vice President; Ms. Azella Collins, NBNA 2nd Vice President; and, Dr. Ezra C. Holston, Steering Committee Member, at the podium.
M. Elizabeth Carnegie, DrPA, RN, FAAN who has devoted her career to advancing knowledge and science is inducted into the NBNA IOE. Dr. Carnegie was the first dean of nursing at Hampton University, and Florida A&M University schools of nursing, President of the American Academy of Nursing, editor of the premier journal, Nursing Research, and chaired the National Advisory Committee of the MFP for almost two decades.
Faye A. Gary, EdD, RN, FAAN, IOE Steering Committee Member and Scholar, gives an overview of the Institute of Excellence as an mechanism that recognizes and awards nurses of African descent who are making phenomenal contributions in science through research, practice, and advocacy.
Gloria Smith, PhD, RN, FAAN, a pioneer in nursing health and health care systems is admitted to the IOE. Dr. Smith also served on the MFP Advisory Committee for many years.
IOE Steering Committee Members (L to R), Dr. Ezra C. Holston, Dr. Bettye Lewis- Davis, and Dr. Faye A. Gary solemnly pay tribute to the accomplished African American nurse visionaries during the closing prayer lead by the Reverend Dr. Carrie Rogers-Brown.