College of Nursing Participates in 46th Annual National Black Nurses Association Conference
The College of Nursing was proud to participate in the 46th annual National Black Nurses Association 2018 Conference, "The Art and Science of Nursing," in St. Louis, Missouri, July 31st-August 5th.
Lovoria Williams, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, associate professor, Lateisha Ousley, community health worker and DNP student Corinna Hughes, BSN, RN, represented the College of Nursing to recruit faculty and students.
The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) was organized in 1971 under the leadership of Dr. Lauranne Sams, former Dean and Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, Alabama. NBNA is a non-profit organization incorporated on September 2, 1972 in the state of Ohio. NBNA represents 150,000 African American registered nurses, licensed vocational/practical nurses, nursing students and retired nurses from the USA, Eastern Caribbean and Africa, with 92 chartered chapters, in 35 states.
The National Black Nurses Association’s mission is “to represent and provide a forum for Black nurses to advocate and implement strategies to ensure access to the highest quality of healthcare for persons of color”.
