black nurses rock magazine: spring edition 2016

Spring 2016 BNR MAGAZINE 1

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MEET CHANELWILLIAMS

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Welcome Black Nurses Rock

Strategic Partners!BNR CruiseHighlights pg. 5

FromPenitentiary to Doctorate pg. 22

JOIN BLACK NURSES ROCK pg.7

DRIVEN: The Carlisa Brown Story pg.14

ConferenceHIGHLIGHTS

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Executive BoardMrs. Romeatrius Moss, DNP, MSN, RN, APHN-BC

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Ms. Kimaka Bowens, FNP-BC

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CONTENTS

BNR Cruise Highlights

JOIN BLACK NURSES ROCK

FIVE HISTORICAL MEDICAL CASESBy Nicole Thomas

GOAL SETTINGby Jazmin Wallace

DRIVEN: TheCarlisa Brown Storyby Carlisa Brown

MEET CHANEL WILLIAMSInterview

I AM NOT MY STRUGGLESBy Jazzy Johnson

FROM PENITENTIARY TO DOCTORATEBy Steven Sampson

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE PROTECTS AGAINST LITIGATION

SEVEN ROCKS TO GETTING FIT!By Rhonda Ruben

BNR Conference Highlights

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CELEBRATING BLACK NURSES WORLDWIDE

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MEET YOUR BOARD OFDIRECTORS pg. 6

6 WAYS TO IMPROVE

Your Financial

HEALTHpg. 20

“CAN”Your New Year’s Resolutions in 2016! pg. 23

BNRCONFERENCE

UPDATEOctober 20th-22ndChattanooga, TN

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Welcometo the 2nd Edition

of the Black Nurses Rock (BNR) Maga-zine! Our first edition allowed you to see

our board of directors and outlined our purpose. This issue will highlight

inspirational stories from popular posts within the Black Nurses Rock Facebook

community. You will get more of their stories and become even more inspired to achieve greatness.

We also welcome a few of our strategic partners who collectively bring enormous member benefits to our paid official members. We

have successfully cornered the social media world for Black Nurses, collectively we have a following of over 150,000. However, we are MORE

than a Facebook group! We need every Facebook member to officially join us by paying our annual membership dues of only $75. This rate is for all membership levels to include the Nurses Practitioner Level! Your membership allows this national organization to achieve our mission, support our events, awards, and scholarship program.

Cruising with Black Nurses Rock will host its first annual cruise Labor Day Weekend leaving from New Orleans to Mexico. We will have 500 nurses and their family and friends in attendance! Nurses can get up to 8 Contact Hours while on-broad from dynamic speakers and training seminars.

Membership to Black Nurses Rock Pays! There are over 21 members benefits when you join Black Nurses Rock and all are featured under our members only portal! You can get discounts from purchasing your own telehealth software to saving on liability insurance. Member benefits are added Monthly! Stay tuned for more updates.

National Black Nurse Practitioner Network: It is time to organize all the Black Nurse Practitioners Nationwide and start the networking. The goal of the NP Network is to support the NPs with a preceptor program, consultation on starting a new practice, seminars and trainings, etc.

New Chapters of Black Nurses Rock: We are rolling with the launch of our new chapters! We currently have nearly 100 chapter applications pending. To start a chapter is simple. You will need 10 paid members and $150 chapter dues. New chapters will be fully supported by the national organization with trainings and seminars. Start one in your city today!

We are building a library in Africa, Blogging with Minority Nurse Mag-azine, and started a Book Club. There is something for everyone within the Black Nurses Rock community!

The first annual Black Nurses Rock Convention! We will be in Chatta-nooga, Tennessee October 19-22, we expect 500 nurses in attendance and over 50 vendors! You will have an opportunity to get over 16 contact hours at this event. You do not want to miss this!

BNR Online University: It is time to create a platform for our nurses to share and grow together. The Black Nurses Rock University will allow us to teach what we know in a control environment and will generate revenue to our independent instructors as well.

As you can see, we are very active but we need YOU to make this orga-nization successful. Join Black Nurses Rock today! You will not regret it!

Dr. Romeatrius N. Moss DNP, MSN, RN, APHN-BCPresident Emeritus


CRUISE ITINERARYSunday: Aug 28th, 2016 1700-1900: All BNR Cruisers Arrive to New Orleans and Check-in 2000- 2200: Official BNR Cruise Welcome Reception: Host Courtyard Marriott

Monday: Aug 29th, 2016 1030: Ground Transportation to Ship 1100: Second Liners Welcome on-board Cruise 1400-1600: CEU Program 1600: Check-in and Welcome Kit Vendor Check-in Speakers Check-in Book with BNR Salon 1700: Official Welcome 1800: Group Dinner: Bring Business Cards 2100: Entertainment 2200: Pool Deck Entertainment

Tuesday: Aug 30th, 2016 Fun Day at Sea 0630: Morning warm up (exercise on the Lido) 0630: Expo area open to Vendors for assembly and setup. 0900-1200: CEU Program 1200-1330: Expo Open 1330-1630: CEU Program 1800: Group Dinner 2000: Group Photo 2100: Entertainment

Wednesday: Aug 31st Day of port 0700: Morning warm up (exercise on the Lido) 0800: Collect Medical Supplies for Transport to Free Clinic 0900-1600: Port Cozumel Senior Frog’ Shopping Free time

1600: Ship Departs 1800: Group Dinner 2000: Group Photo 2100: 70’s Party (Dress in your best 70’s outfit)

Thursday: Sept 1, 2016 2nd Day of Port Yucatan Mexico (Progresso) 0700: Morning warm up (exercise on the Lido) 0800: Collect Medical Supplies for Transport to Free Clinic 0900-1600: Port Cozumel Shopping Free time 1800: Group Dinner 2000: Group Photo 2100: Masquerade Ball/Awards Ceremony (After 5 Evening Dress) Mardi Gras Theme Line dancing, Networking, hours’ dourves CCL to provide an open bar.

Friday: Sept 2, 2016 Fun Day At Sea 0700: Morning warm up (exercise on the Lido) 1100: Gospel Explosion: Celebrity Guest and BNR Spokesperson: Crystal Aikin 1300-1500: BNR Photo Shoot (Models will be notified) 1500: Professional Headshot and Image Consultant 1800: Dinner 2000: Entertainment 2200: Ship Takeover

Saturday Sept 3, 2016 Port New Orleans, LA. – Departure Home

Coming Soon

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Does the Constitution embrace a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy by abortion? What organiza-tion ensures medical studies is ethical? Is it acceptable for a patient to reject medical treatment that improves their quality of life?

The above questions are answered by previous cases considered to be landmarks in the medical and legal community. Several court decisions changed what is considered acceptable in the medical community. Explore the below five influential historical medial ethic cases.

ReferencesConger, K. (2013). Supreme Court Decision on Human Embryonic Stem Cell Case Ends Research Uncertainty. Retrieved From: http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2013/01/08/supreme-court- decision-on-human-embryonic-stem-cell-case-ends-research-uncertainty/.

Fisher, L. (1987). The Suicide Trap: Bouvia v. Superior Court and the Right to Refuse Medical Treatment. Retrieved from: http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/llr/vol21/iss1/5.

Gray, F. D. (1998). The Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Montgomery: New South Books.

Roe V. Wade: Its History and Impact. (n.d.) Retrieved from: https://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/3013/9611/5870/ Abortion_Roe_History.pdf. Teitelbaum, J. & Rosenbaum, S. (2007). Gonzales v. Oregon: Implications for Public Health Policy and Practice. Retrieved from: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl

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Gonzales v. OregonIn 1994, Oregon became the first state to legalize assisted suicide after

enacting the Death with Dignity Act, which allows physicians to prescribe lethal drugs if the patient is terminally ill and within half a year of death. The Attorney General sought control of the situation under the Controlled Substances Act, but the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Oregon and said the Attorney General could not overrule state laws. Since then, California has also approved assisted suicide, and it is an ethical topic with growing importance in the medical community.

Bouvia v. Superior CourtElizabeth Bouvia was mentally competent, yet she suffered from cerebral

palsy that left her wholly dependent on others to live. In 1983, she expressed a desire to end her life through an attempt to starve herself in a California public hospital. The hospital eventually ended up inserting a nasogastric tube against her wishes. She sued the hospital. After an appeal, it was decided that the hospital should respect the patient’s wishes if they are sound of mind when they make that decision.

Sherley v. SebeliusIn 2008, The Department of Health and Human Services and the National

Institute of Health was sued after President Obama took away some of the more strict guidelines and rules on stem cell research that President George Bush had put into place. It was decided in court that the NIH was following proper guidelines regarding stem cell research and the Supreme Court rejected to hear an appeal. Stem cell research is extremely controversial for many in the medical field because of the conflict of two very separate beliefs.

History doesn’t only repeat itself, but is also serves as a precedent especially when legal cases are concerned. These five historical medical ethics cases con-tinue to impact the legal and medical field.

Roe v. WadeThe 1973 decision of Roe v. Wade is still debated heavily in politics.

Before this case, most of the United States’ laws only allowed women to get abortions if the life of the mother was in danger. The Supreme Court ruled in this case that the states was forbidden from outlawing or regulating abortions performed during the first trimester of a pregnancy. Although the court ruling was about 40 years ago, this is an issue for many that believe abortion is unethical.

Tuskegee Syphilis Study The Tuskegee Syphilis Study is an infamous clinical study conducted

by the U.S. Public Health Service to study the progression of untreated syphilis in poor black men in Alabama. This experiment took place between 1932 and 1972 and tricked participants into thinking they were receiving free health care from the government. The participants were unaware they would be infected with syphilis and left untreated. After a leak to the press, the experiments stopped, the Office for Human Research Protections was established, and federal laws were put in place that required Institutional Review Boards for studies that involve human subjects.

FIVEHISTORICALMEDICALCASES

By Nicole Thomas

NICOLE THOMAS

RN, MSN, CCM, LNC

The founder of Impact Nurse Consulting, LLC., is a Masters prepared Registered Nurse licensed by that state of Louisiana who has 10 years of extensive clinical nursing experience. Her multi-faceted nursing background consist of medical-surgical nursing, home health care, certified case manager, pre-certifi-cation, utilization management, managed care, nurse educator, and legal nurse consultant.

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December 20, 2015

The beginning of a new year is a common time to reflect on the previous year, and deciding what goals you would like to accomplish in the next 365 days. This is not a time to be shy about the things that you want in your life. Be bold, intentional, and brave when setting goals for yourself. The sky is not the limit, it is simply the view. Although we tend to start out highly motivated and dedicated to the goals that we have set, we have got be honest with ourselves and realize that often times that ambition can fade, and nothing gets accomplished! I want to share with you five methods I utilize to keep myself grounded, motivated, and a realizer of my goals.

Find Yourself a GOAL MATEWhat is a GOAL MATE? A goal mate is someone that you have a great connection with that supports, motivates, encourages, and enables you to manifest all of your wildest dreams. It does not matter how far fetched they may seem, your GOAL MATE will not only hold you accountable, but encourage you to jump in and

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Jazmin Shawell-Wallace RNC-OB, BSN, USAF

Jazmin is an active duty Air Force Labor and Delivery nurse that is currently stationed at Yokota AB, in Tokyo Japan. Jazmin is the CEO of Jazmin Nicole & Company. She is an advisory board member for Black Nurses Rock

Goal SettingTop five ways to make sure you are accomplishing your goals

follow Jazmin

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The beginning of a new year is a common time to reflect on the previous year, and deciding what goals you would like to accom-plish in the next 365 days. This is not a time to be shy about

the things that you want in your life. Be bold, intentional, and brave when setting goals for yourself. The sky is not the limit it is simply the view. Although we tend to start out highly motivated and dedicated to the goals that we have set, we have got to be honest with ourselves and realize that often times that ambition can fade, and nothing gets accomplished! I want to share with you five methods I utilize to keep myself grounded, motivated, and a realizer of my goals.

GOAL SETTING

Top five ways to make sure you

are accomplishing your goals

Jazmin Shawell-Wallace RNC-OB, BSN, USAF

Jazmin is an active duty Air Force Labor and Delivery nurse that is currently stationed at

Yokota AB, in Tokyo Japan. Jazmin is the CEO of Jazmin Nicole & Company. She is an advisory

board member for Black Nurses Rock

follow Jazmin www.jazminnicole.com Instagram @therealjazminnicole_

Twitter@jazminweb


Find Yourself a GOAL MATE

Make a Vision Board or Host

a VisionBoard Party

Look at It

Make Clear,Objective,

and Achievable Goals

Set SmallQuarterly

Milestones

What is a GOAL MATE? A goal mate is someone that you have a great connection with that supports, motivates, encourages, and enables you to manifest all of your wildest dreams. It does not matter how far fetched they may seem, your GOAL MATE will not only hold you accountable, but encourage you to jump in and get dirty neck first. Whether you succeed or fail at accomplishing a goal they are there to pick you up if you break your neck for real (just kidding), brush you off, and send you on your merry way to attempt your next goal. Keep in mind, that in order to be a good GOAL MATE, you need to reciprocate the same energy and tenacity that your partner(s) give to you. It’s important to keep each other focused, interested, and motivated.

Be clear and intentional about the goals you are setting. It is also important to be specific. Think about where you want to be with your finances, health, career, and love life. Self-love included. Be realistic with your timeline and remember that there are only 12 months in a year, but that is valuable time that can be leveraged to generate a better you.

This is an annual tradition of mine. Each year I invite my GOAL MATES, friends, neighbors, co-workers over to craft vision boards. This is inexpensive and so much fun. All you need is magazines, scissors, glue, posters, your imaginations, and perhaps some wine!

Hold yourself accountable. Think about where you want your progress to be after 3,6, and 9 months. I like to review my goals monthly. This keeps it relevant in my mind. You should review your goals quarterly at minimum. Think about what is working for you, and what you can switch up.

You should look at your goals periodically, and place your vision board somewhere it can be seen daily. I have my goals on my vision board, iPhone, iPad, and posted in my locker at work. Don’t forget the plans you have made for yourself. Utilize these tools, go forth, and prosper!

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Knowledge is your best defense.

Bringing legal healthcare education to you at the First Annual Inaugural Black Nurses Rock Confer-ence, Healthcare & Legal Education Resource Group is excited to partner with BLACK NURSES ROCK FOUNDATION!

How It Works:Legal Concepts for Healthcare Professionals is a 24 hour cer-tification course. For this conference the program has been customized to meet the anticipated needs of the registrants. 1. 10 hours will be offered online. The registrant will be given access to the online content from the time they register until the completion of the exam. 2. The remaining 14 hours will be provided live at the annual conference in Chattanooga. 3. The conference schedule includes time to discuss online content as well as numerous content reviews and application questions. 4. The certification examination will be administered on Day 3. All participants are given 2 hours to complete the exam which consists of 100 multiple choice questions.

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be a defendant in a medical malpractice lawsuit? Probably not! Nobody wants to be in that hot seat, yet it happens every day to even the best of nurses, so you need to be prepared. You are told every day to work smart, follow the standards of care, remember your duty to patients, avoid litigation, and document defensively. But are you provided with the information that will help you?

All BNR conference registrants and Black Nurses Rock members will receive the education, exam-ination and certification for the special conference price of $997.00

What you can expect:1. 24 hours of continuing education that will arm any participating clinician with the tools and information they need to avoid litigation, document defensively, and become an integral part of your risk management team. 2. Certificate of Completion for 24 hours3. Preparation for the Certified Legal Healthcare Professional (CLHCP) certification examination offered through Arete Professional Certifications, LLC. 4. Day 3 onsite - Certification Exam administered by a representative from the certification company.

Ask yourself the following:1. Do you have your own professional liability insurance?2. Can you list 5 Standards of Care that you must abide by?3. Do you document defensively?4. Do you know how to document defensively?

VISIT US AT www.healthcarelegaleducation.com for more information


November 18, 2015

As I stand in front of my bathroom mirror tears of joy streaming down my cheeks, I’m grateful.

The face staring back at me is not that of the girl who statistically should be broken and defeated. Born to a drug addicted mother and an absent father, I was a part of a system that said I was destined to fail. By all accounts I should have, but my will to be something greater than the numbers tallied against me, wouldn’t allow me to quit.

I wipe tears from my eyes each stroke stripping away the layers of pain and disappointment that has colored my life. The hurt tried to destroy me, and knock me off my path.

I shouldn’t be here, and I don’t mean that as a euphemism.

Abandoned by my mother, my grandmother strug-gled to raise me. A Christian woman whose main rule was “As for me and my house…” this marked the beginning of my walk with my Lord and Savior. It’s true what they say, he may not come when you

need him, but he’s always right on time. I heard my grandmother say this a thousand times throughout my childhood, so I waited for my ‘right on time’.

My grandmother did what she could to keep a roof over our heads and food on the table. This meant renting out the spare room to unsavory men and working long hours. Not a good combination for an eight-year-old home alone. Even as a child I sensed something off about my grandmother’s tenant. The way he watched me or said my name sent chills up my spine.

I couldn’t have known that vile man would steal something so precious to me. I was broken mentally and physically; that was the first time I was violated. As time passed and my wounds faded, my grand-mother married and I soon learned it wouldn’t be the last.

This time was different, “You must be lying,” my grandmother said. Her words wrenched my heart. I was sent to live with an aunt to start a new chapter of my life.

It was in her home I suffered a different type of abuse. The scars I was given at the hands of her husband now matched the wounds I carried inside.

Daily taunting by her children, their mocking taught me my mother was a crack head and my father a thief. They reminded me that I was nothing. The garbage, no one wanted me.

My anger turned to disdain for my aunt, her family, and disgust for myself. Why was this happening to me? When was my on time God coming? I wanted to leave, to runaway, but where would I go? Would things be better for me out in the world alone? I didn’t have the courage to leave so I just gave up. I made my bed and lay on top of the covers so as to not mess it again. I emp-tied a pill bottle and waited. If God wouldn’t come to me, I’d go to him.

I woke up in a treatment center for children.

Next chapter:

I wish I could tell you this is where my life took a turn for the better, but this is no

DRIVENThe Carlisa Brown Story

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fairy tale. From the treatment center I was sent to juvenile detention and back to the treatment center. With each change of resident I became angrier; like a pot about to boil over. I didn’t need a reason to lash out at someone. In every face I saw my abusers, and every hand was a hand waiting to take something from me. I was furious, at my life, my failed suicide, everything. I cursed the sky simply for being blue. What I didn’t know then at the age of thirteen is that what didn’t kill me was only going to make strong.

I met a boy at the treatment center; our lives mirror one another. He saw me not as just the abandoned girl, but he loved me and I loved him. He became my boyfriend and soon my baby’s father. I had to leave the center because I was a liability they couldn’t risk. They found my grand-mother whom I hadn’t seen in recent years. She took us in, my unborn child and me.

What was I going to do now? I was a child battered and broken; I couldn’t care for myself less more a child. I prayed for answers but nothing came. Scared and lost, I wondered, did God hear me? Did he know of my suffering?

On March 22, 1995 my daughter was born. I never knew love until the day I met her. I knew I couldn’t let her life mimic my own. I promised her life would be better than mine. I vowed then to fight for the life I wanted for my baby. I went to school, studied hard, stayed focus, and as a result I graduated early at the age of sixteen.

My first job was at McDonald’s. It wasn’t much money, but I earned it and I was proud. That job fueled a fire in my gut, which made me want more. The next step for me was college, but would I dare? The little girl who most said would be nothing, the girl God seemed to have forgotten, the one whose story should read ‘The End’.

But God…

Next chapter:

Don’t despise your small beginnings; it’s what shapes and mold you for what’s to come. In 2004, two children and

a marriage later I received my AA degree. Life

seemed normal by the world’s account. I continued to strive for the best for my children, and myself. With the pregnancy of my third child my drive only increased. What I didn’t know then was the more determined I was to succeed, the more deter-mined my husband was to see me fail. It became his obsession.

It started small. I’d wake up prepared to go to school and my car would be gone. Some days he’d conveniently be unable to babysit. When his guise was ignored he escalated. He planned to destroy any chance of me working in the nursing field. It all happened so fast he shouted, I yelled the kids screamed and cried. I stood in disbelief as he began to claw at his arms and face. He had lost his mind I thought. It all became clear when the police arrived. Who had called them?

I frantically tried to calm my children and to compose myself. Before I could process the scene I was handcuffed and thrown in the back of the police car. I begged the officer, “he’s lying,” I screamed, but he had the bruises. I was arrested for domestic violence against my husband.

As the car pulled away the empty scared expres-sions written on my children’s faces were like pages from an old book I’d read too many times. My heart broke, my life had come full circle, and like my mother and father I was on my way to jail leav-ing my three babies behind with a family member. A new kind of fear rose in my heart. This can’t be happening…

I sat in a six by eight cell for thirty days alone with my thought. I wondered where was my on time God? Overwhelmed by all the wrong in my life, I couldn’t see all that was right.

I waited for God to come and save me. I was unable to see how he covered me always. He gave me strength when I was eight and couldn’t under-stand why I needed it. He wouldn’t let me die on that bed in my aunt’s house. He gave me the courage to be a mother when I needed one.

I emerge from my circumstances stronger. I graduated from the BSN program in 2012 with 3.5 G.P.A.

My life didn’t suddenly become easier nor did

bad things stop showing up on my doorstep. The difference, I changed, I was not a victim anymore. I stopped allowing my circumstances to dictate my outcome.

My first day as a nurse, I felt as if my entire body radiated a light that illuminated everything around me. I did it!

Now, a mother of five with one on the way I set a new goal for my career. I entered the MSN program. Newly married and moving through my existence more determined than ever. My days were spent studying and my nights working. At twenty-three weeks pregnant my water broke. This time I rested in the arms of my father and gave him control. By faith I pressed forward. In the hospital on bed rest I studied through contractions.

Again I was reminded, not in my time but his. My daughter was born weighing only one pound.

A New Fight

Seven months and many sleepless nights later my baby girl came home.

In the midst of my storm I persevered and on August 30, 2015 I earn a Masters Degree in Nursing Science with a minor in Family Nurse Practitioner.

Now when I look in the mirror the abandoned little girl isn’t staring back at me. The teenage mom and abused wife are gone. The woman I see today is strong, triumphant and accomplished. Every obsta-cle I’ve endured has brought me to this moment. As I look back over my life I am grateful. Let my story be a beacon of hope. Whatever the enemy throws your way stand tall, face it head on knowing he may not come when you want him, but trust me he is always right on time.

Carlisa L. Brown, FNP-C, MSN, BSN, RN-BC is a Master’s prepared Family Nurse Prac-titioner licensed by the state of Florida and Texas. Carlisa has 12 years of exceptional clinical nursing experience. Her dexterous nursing background entails home health care, medical-surgical nursing, cardiac progressive nurse, certified medical-surgical, assistant nurse manager, and wound care. Carlisa has volunteered with various com-munity groups in Northeast Florida, which include The Bridge of Northeast Florida, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Task Force, Northeast Florida Healthy Start, and mentored teen mother’s that attended A. Phillip Randolph Academy of Technologies.

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MEETChanel W I L L I A M SAdvice for student nurses:

My initial advice for student nurses (especially new ones) would be to discard old ways of study-ing. Upper level division courses are a completely different beast than the pre-requisites of anatomy, chemistry, and biologic. Nursing school is all about critical thinking and the application of the knowl-edge that you’ve previously learned. Simply mem-orizing won’t do justice. For me I didn’t understand the content enough if I wasn’t able to explain it.

Another word of advice is that no longer making straight A’s won’t make you any less of a nurse. I got into nursing school with a 3.95 GPA and was still unsatisfied that it wasn’t a 4.0. How-ever once I was actually enrolled in the program I realized making A’s wasn’t as easy as it use to be. On some courses I was just praying to pass. I had to realize that being a great nurse is comprised of things that you won’t learn in pathophysiology such as compassion, a love for learning, selflessness, and empathy.

You will often hear that nursing students have no life. I’m here to tell you, that there’s some truth to that statement. You will spend lots of time study-ing, whether individually in groups. Some of your peers will not only be study buddies, but they will also be individuals who you will establish lifelong friendships with. It is important with the stresses of nursing school, families, and extracurricular activities, that you take time for yourself. Read some non-nursing related books, go to a concert, have a girls night out, etc. As much work as we do as nursing students we all need to hit that recharge button every once and awhile.

What has made you successful: My self determination is what made me suc-

cessful. I believe that there are a lot of things that I can be good at but I work towards finding and refining that “thing” I can be great at. For me nursing is that “thing.”

What motivated you to push forward:

What motivated me to push forward is my family. My grandmother never thought about col-lege and my mother withdrew after her first semes-ter. I was determined to create my own footsteps and finish what was started. Now that I am the first in three generations to obtain a bachelor’s degree I still strive for greater. Master’s degree is next!!!

When did you know you wanted to be a nurse?

I learned that I wanted to be a nurse my fresh-man year of college. I enrolled in college as a public health major at UNCC and was accepted in a learning community for health related majors. Our main faculty instructor was a retired nurse practitioner. She always shared personal stories of her interactions with her patients. From that moment on I realized I wanted make a more hands on impact on the lives of patients and their fami-lies. My major was switched to nursing that very semester.

Favorite course in nursing program: My favorite course in the nursing program was

the child-maternal class. I’ve always been interested in women’s health but through my rotation in the maternal portion I was introduced to the area of Labor and Delivery. It was my “ah-hah” moment where I fell in love with nursing all over again. This class also was one where critical thinking clicked for me. I was connecting the content that I was learning in class to the interventions that I needed to take in the nurse’s role. Never have I been so excited to wake up at 0515 to go to clinical until introduced to labor and delivery.

Less Favorite Course in nursing program:

My least favorite course in the nursing program would have to be adult health. This was the class that I was praying for a C in!

GOALS: How are you prepping for NCLEX Boards?

The main tool I used to study for NCLEX was a program called Uworld. I was able to do practice questions on my laptop and download the app on my phone to study on the go. What set this program apart from many others were the detailed rationales for not only the correct answers but also for the ones you go wrong. I was able to practice over 1700 practice questions that drilled in content and helped challenge me to think critically. I started studying a month prior to NCLEX completing all questions in the program. Happy to say that I passed NCLEX in 75 questions on the first try!

Name: Chanel Williams School: Kennesaw State University Graduation Year: December 16, 2015 Program Type: Traditional BSN-RN


What specialty do you want to go in?

My top choice when searching for a new grad RN positions was labor and delivery. Many people told me how hard it would be to get into it right out of nurs-ing schools. I did not let that deter me; however, I received a year of experience as a student nurse at a hospital in the Atlanta area. There I made connections, and was offered a labor and delivery position one month prior to graduating.

What are your educational goals going forward?

Moving forward I hope to continue my education specializing in obstetric/gynecologic care by receiving my masters as a Certified Nurse Midwife, and possibly post masters as a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner. I also see value in obtaining a terminal degree in the field. One of the things that I love most about the nursing profession is that there is always something to learn.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

In five years I hope to be enrolled in a certified nurse midwifery program.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

In 10 years I see myself practicing as a Certified Nurse Midwife/Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner.

IMPACT: How has BNR influenced you as a student?

BNR has served as an invaluable resource of encouragement throughout my final semester as a nursing student. As a minority within my school, let alone my nursing program it was very inspira-tional to see individuals that look like me who have made such a huge impact in the nursing profession.



How do you want to contrib-ute and make an impact to the Nursing Profession?

My ultimate goal is to care for the health needs of women across the lifespan, while focusing on bringing quality care to vulner-able populations (minorities, low income, uninsured, underinsured, etc). I hope to also help further diversify the midwifery profession.

Anything else you want to share with your fans?

There’s always room for improvement so always look for opportunities that can help you be a better student, nurse, and/or health care provider. On your journey don’t forget to encourage those who are just starting, we were once there and we should serve as a source of encouragement. I’m looking forward to start-ing off my career in such a great profession.

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I AM NOTInspirational Stories

Born and raised in Miami, Florida, I got to see a lot and I have been through a lot. Miami is not all sand and beaches. My mom was a single mother raising two girls

on her own, and she was what some considered to be strict – she didn’t play! But she was loving, caring, and, in my eyes, the definition of strength. My mom, sister, and I went through a lot, but even through the obstacles my mother made sure that our good times outweighed our bad times. You couldn’t tell from the outside, how much she was actually struggling on the inside.

That inside pain that my mother had kept enclosed for so many years started to resurface by the time I reached middle school. My sister had graduated high school and joined the military. But meanwhile, back at home I started to see less of my mother. I noticed that she’d lost her job, noticed that the lights were being cut off every other month, and noticed how our happy, loving home had started to fall apart. Things became different. The streets of Miami had started to steal my mother from me, and they eventually got to me, as well.

I started to hang with the wrong crowd, get into trouble, and became that wild child that my mother had fought so hard in the beginning for me not to become. By the age of 14 I was pregnant. I went from a straight “A” student to a high school dropout. I tried to go back but dropped out a second time. I was talked about, looked down upon, and given so many ugly stares. I had let so many people down, but most of all, I had let myself down.

After years and years of struggling, troubled relation-ships, fighting, dealing with the effects of drug abuse in the household, and dealing with my own depression, I one day looked into my baby boy’s eyes and realized that there was no way I could continue to let him down, too. He was born in June of the year 2000 and was the most beautifulest thing I ever laid eyes on – he was my inspiration.

I went back to school (a school for teen mothers) and I started to take advantage of the many opportunities that came my way. I went to night school to gain the credits I needed, I became a math tutor to gain the community service hours that I needed, and although I had no prior intentions of being in the health care field, I decided to

take advantage of the nursing assistant pro-gram that was offered at that same school. In the year of 2004, I not only graduated high school on time, but I also graduated as the school’s valedicto-rian. Although the strug-gles that I had been going through were far from over, I learned then that I could do anything I put my mind to!

My mother got out of Miami, got sober, got a great job, and got her a nice home. Back in Miami, I was struggling through a troubled marriage, and with three kids by that time. Although, my mother and I had been apart for some time and our relationship had had its ups and downs, she stepped in and offered to help me with my boys in order to help me get my life on the right track.

I graduated with my bachelor of science in nursing degree with honors in May 2013 and I am now a psychiatric nurse in a crisis stabilization unit helping others deal with depression, substance abuse, and other mental illnesses. I’m also currently in graduate school pursuing my master of science in nursing degree with a concentration on nurse administrator, and once I obtain this degree, I will complete the post certificate program for nurse educator. With my graduate education I hope to one day own my very own organization. My ultimate goal is to inspire, uplift, and give that extra push to young girls, teen mothers, and others.

My story is a testimony that your past does not deter-mine your future. Hopefully it will inspire others to do great things, as well.

“We all make mistakes, have struggles, and even regret things in our past. But you are not your mistakes, you are not your struggles, and you are here NOW with the power to shape your day and future.” – Steve Maraboli

Jazzy A. Johnson, BSN, [email protected]/nursejazzyjwww.iamjazminnicole.com


MY STRUGGLES

Jazzy, age 29, was born and raised in Miami, Florida. After facing many hardships, she moved to Georgia in 2009 and attended LaGrange College where she obtained her BSN degree. She is now a psychiatric nurse on a

mission to inspire, motivate, and encourage others like herself!

by Jazzy Johnson

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My StorySometime during the 1970s,

while working menial jobs, I noticed that some people, when signing their names, added let-ters behind their signature. I did not know the meaning of those letters, but I did notice that the people with the letters lived better and had better jobs than the rest of us. Since those people were generally white, I was never able to inquire as to the meaning of the letters.

In 1979, after spending half of the seventies, in and out of jails and penitentiaries, I was released on my 27th birthday, only to find that my mother’s house had burned down with all of my worldly belongings. I decided to enroll in an EMT program. Upon completion of that program, I was awarded a “Certificate of Recognition”. Does this mean that after years of struggling, hustling, doing good, doing bad, and whatever I thought defined me as a man, I was finally recog-nized? This certificate, afforded me the opportunity to earn $5/

hour, wear a uniform and run all over Chicago in an ambulance, saving lives and making mundane hospital transfers. One day, while living with my older sister, who is an RN, I noticed her check stub. I had worked overtime and she had taken a day off, yet her check was twice as much as mine. Maybe I should go to nursing school. Near the end of my AAS program, I was invited to the Honors Assembly, to celebrate my 3.65 GPA. After receiving my certificate, I noticed that a white girl (I didn’t know that there were even any white stu-dents at Kennedy King College) was awarded a full ride scholar-ship to Governors State Univer-sity (GSU). It turned out that there was a Dental Hygiene program at the back of the campus. The program was started to promote dental hygiene in the African American community. In reality, the program was staffed by whites and attended by white students who could not get into the other Dental Hygiene programs, so they took up spaces designed for Black students, but the majority of us did not even know the program

existed. At that time there were no African American Dental Hygien-ists in Chicago; even though we had the program right there Englewood.

I asked about the scholar-ship the white girl received and was advised that there was one awarded each year, and if I wanted if, I should apply for it. I applied the next tern, received the

scholarship and went to GSU, with the proviso that I attend fulltime and maintain a 3.50 GPA. After receiving my BSN (1985), I was able to continue on and obtain my Masters with the same provisions (1989). For my Masters project, I developed a “Handbook of Onco-logic Emergencies”. Not realizing the need to submit my project to the library for binding, I later

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picked up a textbook, being used on our new Oncology unit, and realized that this was my work, which I had failed to protect, and was subsequently published by someone else.

After receiving my Masters degree in 1989, I worked primarily Psych; unit nurse, supervisor, manager and director. I was the last person to have keys to the now defunct Michael Reese Hospital. After working 30 years as an RN, I was contemplating retirement. But then, they offered the DNP program.

This program offered me the opportunity to “go all the way and get all of the education you can”, as encouraged by my mother, grand-mother, and step-father. None of them had a high school diploma, but through their own trials and tribulations, they knew that for them, the only way to escape the cycle of poverty was through education.

If I were to be discharged from the peni-tentiary in the year 2016, and looked to better

myself by returning to school, I would face a totally different set of circumstances. The school where I am an Assistant Professor would not allow me admittance because there is a strict list of offenses that preclude a student’s pursuit of nursing education if he/she has a criminal background. Even though the state of Illinois does not arbitrarily deny license solely on the fact that a person has a history. Ex-cons are denied financial aid and are not allowed to live in public housing. Ex-cons (including me) are denied employment at the vast majority of hospitals. I have 4 degrees and 2 certificates and 32 years of experience. As a Nurse. I have saved countless lives and brought peace to the dying. As an EMT. My partner and I saved the lives of a 6-month-old baby girl along with her 3 siblings, mother and grandmother, when they were overcome by carbon monoxide. I also have 3 felonies, 2 misdemeanors and 2 DUIs.

Guess which of the above carry more influence when I apply for a job in Illinois.

Over the years, I have been married four times, fathered four children and have four stepchildren. My goal is to set an example for my children and grandchildren. Now, I have a lot of letters behind my name. I need for those to come behind me to see a tangible example of the fact that you can overcome obstacles, but I also need to show them that you can alternately avoid obstacles. I once taught my sons to carry a big stick if you go down the street where the big dog lives. I now teach them that there is no shame in going around the other way and avoiding the big dog. My goal is to have my children and grandchildren walk into my house and see my degrees and say, “I want that too, I can do that too.”

Steven M. Sampson, DNP,MSN,BSN, RN, FN, is a Doctorally prepared Nurse educator, licensed by the state of Illinois. Steven has 33 years experience, primarily in Psychiatric Nursing. His career has included staffing, teaching, managing and administering programs for the mentally ill. Steve’s passion lies in giving back to the community via community ser-vice activities, including a semi-monthly clothing drive for residents of an ICF in Chicago, conducting computer based reintegration training for mentally ill patients who have been institutionalized for extended periods of time and who are being transitioned back into a didgital society. He also conducts an annual back to school book bag/health-fair for an underserved community on the southside of Chicago.

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Evidence-based Practice

PROTECTSAgainst Litigation

You’re taking care of Mr. Smith, a 78-year-old man who just arrived in the emergency department with signs and symptoms of a stroke. The steps you take next will contribute to Mr.

Smith’s short- and long-term outcomes. If you base those steps on the latest evidence, you’ll also protect yourself from litigation if an untoward event occurs.

Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach that encom-passes research, clinical expertise, and patient values and circumstances. Nurses should use information from these three components to make informed decisions that are in the best interest of their patients. Integrating EBP with your practice will improve patient care and reduce your risk for legal action.

The Gold Standard Evidence-based practice is accepted as the gold

standard for professional nursing practice because it improves patient outcomes. For example, the 2003 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report Health Profes-sionals Education: A Bridge to Quality states EBP is a core competency for healthcare professionals, and IOM’s 2010 landmark report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health confirms EBP as a basic competency.

Additional support comes from general and specialty nursing associations. The American Nurses Association’s Standards of Practice include

the competency, “The registered nurse utilizes evi-dence-based interventions and treatments specific to the diagnosis and problem.” Other competen-cies also mention the importance of evidence. Standards from specialty nursing organizations include EBP as well. For example, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ standard of professional practice related to research has this as its measurement criteria: “The nurse continually

questions and evaluates practice and uses best available evidence or research findings to develop appropriate plans of care.”

All this adds up to a consensus that EBP is a vital part of the profession. In a court case, an attorney will stress this fact while attempting to prove that you failed to engage in EBP. That’s why your practice must be based on evidence, even though doing so can be challenging.

Barriers to EBP A 2012 study published in the Journal of Nurs-

ing Administration found that only 34.5 percent of nurses agreed or strongly agreed that their col-leagues consistently use EBP in managing patients.

If EBP is so effective in improving outcomes, why don’t more nurses practice it? The study found that although nurses believe in EBP, they encounter multiple barriers, with the top two being lack of time and lack of support from the organization where they work, including resistance from col-leagues and managers.

The same study found that most nurses want to learn more about EBP but find education resources

lacking. They also lack mentors to guide them.

Overcoming the Time Barrier

Fortunately, many resources are available to break the time barrier, particularly when it comes to collecting and evaluating the evidence. These resources include:

• Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (www.cochrane.org), which provides analysis of available literature related to a topic (some information is available for free)

• Journals such as Worldviews on Evidence- Based Nursing and Nursing Research, as well as journals in your specialty practice area (requires a subscription)

• National Guideline Clearinghouse (www.guideline.gov), which provides summaries of clinical practice guidelines and has a tool that allows you to compare multiple guidelines (free access).

• Resources from specialty associations; for example, AACN Practice Alerts provides



nursing actions related to a specific issue, such as assessing pain in the critically ill adult. The actions are backed by evidence found in the literature (free access).

• Joanna Briggs Institute (joannabriggs.org): Provides evidence reviews (some information available for free)

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org), which provides evidence-based recommendations for preventive care (free access)

• Tools for appraising the evidence: Several scales are available to help you evaluate the evidence you find. You can link to these scales at http://nursingworld.org/ Research-Toolkit/Appraising-the-Evidence.

An often overlooked but highly valuable resource is the medical librarian. A medical librar-ian at your facility, local university, or health center can guide you through the process of conducting a literature search so it’s more efficient.

Overcoming resistance Overcoming resistance can be challenging. You

can start by serving as a role model for others. Take the lead in suggesting practices that could benefit from a re-examination. For instance, is the acuity tool you currently use really the best one to ensure that assignments benefit patients?

Suggest your nurse practice council embrace EBP as a tool to improve patient care. Managers might choose to tap into clinical nurse specialists to serve as resources to staff who want to engage in EBP projects and build such projects into job descriptions and evaluations. Another option is to partner with a faculty member at a local university.

Overcoming a lack of knowledge

You don’t need a large budget to gain knowl-edge about EBP. You can access free self-study programs online. For example, staff at Duke Uni-versity Medical Center Library and the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Car-olina at Chapel Hill developed an “Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice” tutorial, available online at http://guides.mclibrary. duke.edu/con-tent.php?pid=431451&sid=3529491.

For tips on interpreting the information you find, access the “How to read a paper” section of the BMJ website, which contains an article on how to read and interpret different types of research studies and includes two articles related to statis-tics (www.bmj. com/about-bmj/resources-readers/publications/how-read-paper).

If your organization provides educational reim-bursement, consider attending a workshop on EBP.

Retain documentation of the courses you complete so you can show evidence of your efforts should you be involved in a lawsuit. The evidence will also be helpful for career advancement.

Keeping up Staying on top of developments in your field

helps ensure you are aware of the latest research. You can use technology to make the process easier. For example, services such as Feedly (www.feedly.com) let you customize feeds of news stories related to your interest areas. You can easily scan the head-lines and short descriptions to determine if you want to learn more. Other options you might want to try:

• Sign up to receive electronic tables of content from journals you are interested in. You can scan the table of contents to determine what’s of interest to you.

• Subscribe to electronic newsletters such as those provided by Medscape or SmartBrief.

• Listen to podcasts as you exercise or drive to work.

• Download an app such as Mendeley (www. mendeley.com) that lets you capture articles as PDFs and organize them according to keywords and other parameters.

Taking just these few steps can ensure that you are current in your evidence-based knowledge.

Steps of evidence-based practice

Here are the basic steps of EBP: • Cultivate a spirit of inquiry. • Ask the clinical question in PICOT (Patient

population, Intervention or Issue of interest, Comparison intervention or group, Outcome, and Time frame) format.

• Search for and collect the most relevant best evidence. This includes searching for systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

• Critically appraise the evidence for its validity, reliability, and applicability.

• Integrate the best evidence with your clinical expertise and patient preferences and values in making a practice decision or change.

• Evaluate outcomes of the practice decision or change based on evidence.

• Disseminate the outcomes of the EBP decision or change. Source: Melnyk BM, Fienout-Overholdt E. Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lip pincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2010.

Practicing effectively Basing your practice on evidence will benefit

your patients by ensuring optimal outcomes. It will also benefit you by providing support for your decisions should you find yourself in the uncom-fortable position of being named in a legal action.

RESOURCES American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. Stan-

dards for acute and critical care nursing practice. http://www.aacn.org/wd/practice/content/ standards.for.acute.and.

ccnursing.practice.pcms?menu.

American Nurses Association. Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd ed. American Nurses Association:

Silver Spring, Md. 2010.

Institute of Medicine. The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. October 5, 2010. http://www.

iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-future-of-nursing-leading-change-advancing-health.aspx.

Institute of Medicine. Health Professions Education: A Bridge to Quality. April 18, 2003. http://www.iom.edu/

reports/2003/health-professions-education-a-bridge-to-qual-ity.aspx.

Melynik BM, Fienout-Overholdt E, Gallagher-Ford L, Kaplan L. The state of evidence-based practice in US nurses: critical implications for nurse leaders and educators. J Nurs

Admin. 2012;42(9):410-417.

Melnyk BM, Fienout-Overholdt E. Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare: A Guide to Best Practice,

2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins; 2010. Saver C. Keeping practice knowledge current. Part 1.

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Seven

ROCKS to Getting Fit!

By: Rhonda E. Ruben, LVN, BAAS, Health and Wellness Director

Motto ~ you eat and sleep seven days a week you should exercise seven days a week.

Before starting any physical exer-cises/fitness program, please consult your physician first.

Getting fit and starting an exer-cise/fitness program is very challeng-ing for most people. The hardest part about exercising is getting started, but you have to do this for you. You must put yourself first.

Physical fitness is a state of health and well-being and fitness is the ability to perform specific aspects of sports or occupations. Physical fitness is generally achieved through exercise, correct nutrition

and enough rest. It is an important part of life.

Here are SEVEN ROCKS why people do not exercise and SEVEN benefits ROCKS of exercise. The benefits will get your body motor running!

SEVEN ROCKS excuses people give for not exercising. 1. Don’t want to mess up my hair. 2. Embarrassed to be in front of people. 3. Lack of self-esteem. 4. Don’t have time 5. Too tried 6. Too busy 7. Not motivated

SEVEN ROCKS SCRIPTS for thebenefits of exercise. 1. Combats chronic disease and sickness. 2. Promotes better sleep and boosts your energy level.

3. Can put the spark back into your

sex life. 4. Helps you manage your weight, and build muscles.

5. Improves your mood and relief stress.

6. New relation-ship after separa-

tion or divorce.

7. It makes you feel good, and broaden your horizon.

SEVEN scripts to get your body motor running! 1. Get prepared – scope out a gym, YMCA, activity center, churches, and schools. Get a Partner/Friend. Most people work out better with people than alone. 2. Get a schedule – study it and see what’s going to work for you. 3. Decision time- mean you are ready! COMMITTEMENT and MOTIVATED. 4. Once you decided, give yourself SIX days for strength training. This will help you get in the routine of exercising. 5. Pack your gym bag – tennis shoes, socks, workout gear that fits your style (bright colors are good), water, gloves, earrings, and music. 6. Call your partner/friend. 7. Have a great work out and have fun.

***If you are going to your job after you work out, you should pack the clothes you are wearing to work the night before and get dress for work at the gym.

In closing, stay positive. If you are a paying member of a gym or an activity center, get your money worth and go workout at that facility. There are group classes such as Spin, Group Cardio, Zumba, Kickboxing, and Yoga. You can

do an individual workout on the butt burning Elliptical or the

Stairmaster Machine. (I watch my favorite TV at gym

on Elliptical/ Sandal, ballgame) you will have access to different types of weights for strength training for both men and women. Some gyms have separate weight rooms.

Keep it moving and let’s stay healthy.

Thank you,

Rhonda E. Ruben, LVN, BAAS Zumba and Group Fitness CoachBlack Nurses Rock Health and Wellness [email protected] in touch, you need a partner email me, I am READY!

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m 8:30 a.m. – Noon Keynote Speaker/Business Meeting Banquet Hall (Opening)

m 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CEU Sessions

Friday October 21, 2016 Saturday October 22, 2016m 8:00am-12:00am (CEU Session) m 8pm-10pm Special Groups Events (Choose one)m 12-1pm (Lunch on your own) m Military m Communitym 1pm-5pm (CEU Session) m Educator m Entrepreneurm 6:30pm Cupcake Fundraiser: m Celebrity Benefits Girls Inc $25 Additional m Professional m Retired

m 8:00am-12:00am (CEU Session)

m 12-1pm (Lunch on your own)

m 1pm-5pm (CEU Session)

m 6:30pm Awards/Scholarship Banquet

BNR Registration includes: Full access to the conference and the BNR Awards/Scholarship Ceremony.

Cancellation / Refund PolicyRefunds shall be granted accordingly as follows: (a) requests must be made in writing; (b) a full refund will be granted up to 4 weeks prior to activity; less a $50 processing fee; (d) no refunds will be granted after September 22nd.

BNR reserves the right to cancel this activity at which time a full refund will be given to advance-registered participants.

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m Student Nursem Under 30m Male Nursem Over 40 years of Nursing

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