Third Annual Awards and Scholarship Luncheon, 1.0 CE

On Saturday April 8, 2017, the Sandhills North Carolina Black Nurses Association (SNCBNA) will host our Third Annual Awards and Scholarship Luncheon from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM, at the Heritage Place, 325 N. Cool Spring Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301.  The NBNA theme this year is: “Nursing Innovations: Building a Healthy Community.”  We will award scholarships to deserving nursing students, honor a nurse educator who works with students to help them become clinically and culturally competent nurses, and/or award a community leader who has made significant contributions to improving the health for people of color and to reducing health disparities in their communities.

The keynote speaker will be Dr. Ernest J. Grant, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN.  Dr. Grant received his BSN from North Carolina Central University, and his Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  He is the Director of Outreach and Prevention and serves as the Burn Center’s liaison for pre-hospital, hospital, allied health professionals, corporate entities and military personnel.  Dr. Grant serves on several national committees that establish the standards for care of burns and fire prevention.  A few of his recognitions include: American Burn Association’s Burn Prevention Award, the Governor’s Award of Excellence, and the 2003 National Nurse of the Year Award.  He is a journal reviewer for several journals, and he was inducted as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing in 2011. His is currently the Vice President of the American Nurses Association, and he is the first male to hold this position in the 120-year history of the American Nurses Association.

It will be an honor for you to join us and support the scholarship fund. Attached to this announcement are the scholarship, sponsor and award forms. Ticket purchase and donation details are on the sponsor form. 

Contact SNCBNA@GMAIL.COM with questions.

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