MFP Attends 2009 NCEMNA Conference
More than 200 nurse researchers, clinicians, practitioners, students, and stakeholders gathered for the 5th annual conference of the National Coalition of Ethnic Minority Nurses Association, Inc. (NCEMNA) Conference, March 13 – 15, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The conference theme, “Creating Research Careers: Leading the Way,” featured a variety of topics ranging from Cultural Perspectives in Nursing Research; Developing a Research Trajectory; Developing Skill Sets and Professional Development Tracks Toward Federal Senior Executive and other Leadership Positions to Prioritizing, Goal Setting and Time Management: Strategies to Achieve Your Dreams. A special sunrise trip to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center provided attendees with a unique experience in cultural diversity and networking opportunities.
Dr. Betty Smith Williams, NCEMNA president for the past eleven years passed the torch to Dr. Antonia Villaruel, Professor, University of Michigan School of Nursing, and past president of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. Dr. Villaruel acknowledged “standing on the shoulders of all those who have come before her as she delivered the keynote closing address on the “Legacy of the Future.”
NCEMNA is a national coalition of ethnic minority nursing associations to include the Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA), the National Association of Hispanic Nurses (NAHN), the National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association (NANAINA), the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA), and the Philipino Nurses Association of America (PNAA), who “give voice to 350,000 ethnic minority nurses and to the lived experiences of a constituency marginalized from mainstream health delivery systems.
For more information visit NCEMNA online at http://www.ncemna.org/
Conference Photo Gallery