MFP Alumnus Hosts Forum on Native American Indian/Native Alaskan Care (2/26/04)
MFP Alumnus Hosts Forum on Native American Indian/Native Alaskan Care (2/26/04)
Florida Atlantic University Native American nursing professor Dr. John Lowe hosted an open forum on Native American Indian and Native Alaskan care. The event, which was free and open to the public, explored past, present and future caring needs for the health, education and well-being of Native American Indian/Native people.
Juanita Koziol, senior public health analyst, and Dixie Stuart, chief nursing consultant to the Cherokee nation, was among the nine-member panel.
The forum took place in the Majestic Palm Room at the University Center on the Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades Road, on Friday, February 13, 2004 at 5:00 p.m.
Forum participants had the opportunity to discuss the issue with Native American Indian/Native Alaskan registered nurses and leaders, including two who work at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The six other leaders who participated from around the country were Jim Henson, tribal leader of the United Keetoowah Bank of Cherokees; Dr. Karine Crow, director of nursing at Northern Arizona University; Ursula Knoki-Wilson, health leader of the Navajo Nation; Dr. Barbara Dahlan, director of recruitment and retention of American Indians into nursing at the University of North Dakota; Tom Lidot, consultant and grant writer for Native American programs and Nancy Lewin, director of the campaign for the shortage of nursing at Johnson and Johnson.
This event was sponsored by the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for the Shortage in Nursing, the Indian Health Council, Inc., and the Florida Atlantic University Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing/Faculty Development & Student Nurses Association.