Join NBNA – the premier professional African American Nurses Association serving more than 308,000 nurses in 114 chapters. #nbnapride #nbnaresilient

Silver Spring, MD
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#DYK? A 2003 assessment found that 58% of African Americans had basic or below basic health literacy, compared with 28% of non-Hispanic whites. @MinorityHealth encourages us to work with our communities to improve their health literacy this #NMHM2023: minorityhealth.hhs.gov/nmhm/
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Dr. Martha A. Dawson is an associate professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing and the thirteenth president of the National Black Nurses Association.#blacknurse #nursehistory #NBNANurse #womenshistorymonth #nurses #nbnaresilient #nbnanational
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Dr. Lauranne Sams, Founding President of the NBNA The NBNA was organized in 1971 under the leadership of Dr. Lauranne Sams, former Dean and Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, Tuskegee, Alabama. #blacknurse #nursehistory #NBNANurse #womenshistorymonth
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Happy Women's History Month! #nbnanurse #Nbnahistory
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We are excited to announce the 2023 Brain Health Equity Nurse Fellows. This fellowship is essential to creating #brainhealthequity champions. We are grateful to our fellows and partners for their dedication to #brainhealth.
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Happy to highlight fellow warriors doing the work. We salute @SNMA @NationalMedAssn @SocietyofBAS @nbnaorg and others. #healthequity will take all of us👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Tap into resources! This #BlackHistoryMonth, we're happy to share some conferences and annual meetings for #BlackDoctors. 😀 • @SNMA AMEC 2023 • @SocietyofBAS Meeting • @NationalMedAssn Annual Convention and Scientific Assembly • @nbnaorg Annual Institute and Conference
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@nbnaorg Members RSVP to attend "A Conversation with 3 Nursing Icons and Black History Makers!" This is also NBNA History.... And we are very excited to welcome NBNA members to this event, in person or by webinar. RSVP HERE BY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20: cwru.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/f…
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NHF is proud to be a part of the @PRSAHealth Executive Committee alongside communications professionals from @fticonsulting, @Intermountain, @SpectrumHealth, @stjuderesearch, @nbnaorg, @HillcrestHealth, @HBAnet, and @TakedaPharma at #PRSAHealthConf22 and #PRSAICON2022.
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Congratulations to #BettyIreneMooreNurseFellows @dawntbounds, @jesskeimmalpass, and @DrSRandolph, as well as FNAC member Martha Dawson and faculty member @BGlickstein for their induction as fellows of @AAN_Nursing! Read the story here: ucdavis.health/3SSRAsN
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In celebration of Nephrology Nurses Week, ASN asked several kidney professionals to discuss the amazing work that nephrology nurses do and how they impact patient lives. In this video, Tanisha Leonard, BS, RN discusses her experiences. youtube.com/watch?v=s02NM65h…
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In honor of #NPSADay, check in with a #physician to help prevent a mental health emergency. Need help? Visit NPSADay.org for tips. #Nbnanational
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