Accessibility Statement Skip Navigation
  • Why PRWeb
  • How It Works
  • Who Uses It
  • Pricing
  • Login
  • GDPR
  • Create a Free Account
Return to PRWeb homepage
  • News
  • Resources
  • Contact
When typing in this field, a list of search results will appear and be automatically updated as you type.

Searching for your content...

No results found. Please change your search terms and try again.
  • News in Focus
      • Browse News Releases

      • All News Releases
      • Multimedia Gallery

      • All Multimedia
      • All Photos
      • All Videos
  • Business & Money
      • Auto & Transportation

      • Aerospace, Defense
      • Air Freight
      • Airlines & Aviation
      • Automotive
      • Maritime & Shipbuilding
      • Railroads and Intermodal Transportation
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Transportation, Trucking & Railroad
      • Travel
      • Trucking and Road Transportation
      • View All Auto & Transportation

      • Business Technology

      • Blockchain
      • Broadcast Tech
      • Computer & Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Components
      • Electronic Design Automation
      • Financial Technology
      • High Tech Security
      • Internet Technology
      • Nanotechnology
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Semiconductors
      • View All Business Technology

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film and Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Financial Services & Investing

      • Accounting News & Issues
      • Acquisitions, Mergers and Takeovers
      • Banking & Financial Services
      • Bankruptcy
      • Bond & Stock Ratings
      • Conference Call Announcements
      • Contracts
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Dividends
      • Earnings
      • Earnings Forecasts & Projections
      • Financing Agreements
      • Insurance
      • Investments Opinions
      • Joint Ventures
      • Mutual Funds
      • Private Placement
      • Real Estate
      • Restructuring & Recapitalization
      • Sales Reports
      • Shareholder Activism
      • Shareholder Meetings
      • Stock Offering
      • Stock Split
      • Venture Capital
      • View All Financial Services & Investing

      • General Business

      • Awards
      • Commercial Real Estate
      • Corporate Expansion
      • Earnings
      • Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
      • Human Resource & Workforce Management
      • Licensing
      • New Products & Services
      • Obituaries
      • Outsourcing Businesses
      • Overseas Real Estate (non-US)
      • Personnel Announcements
      • Real Estate Transactions
      • Residential Real Estate
      • Small Business Services
      • Socially Responsible Investing
      • Surveys, Polls and Research
      • Trade Show News
      • View All General Business

  • Science & Tech
      • Consumer Technology

      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Blockchain
      • Cloud Computing/Internet of Things
      • Computer Electronics
      • Computer Hardware
      • Computer Software
      • Consumer Electronics
      • Cryptocurrency
      • Data Analytics
      • Electronic Commerce
      • Electronic Gaming
      • Financial Technology
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Multimedia & Internet
      • Peripherals
      • Social Media
      • STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering, Math)
      • Supply Chain/Logistics
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Consumer Technology

      • Energy & Natural Resources

      • Alternative Energies
      • Chemical
      • Electrical Utilities
      • Gas
      • General Manufacturing
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Oil & Energy
      • Oil and Gas Discoveries
      • Utilities
      • Water Utilities
      • View All Energy & Natural Resources

      • Environ­ment

      • Conservation & Recycling
      • Environmental Issues
      • Environmental Policy
      • Environmental Products & Services
      • Green Technology
      • Natural Disasters
      • View All Environ­ment

      • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Aerospace & Defense
      • Agriculture
      • Chemical
      • Construction & Building
      • General Manufacturing
      • HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning)
      • Machinery
      • Machine Tools, Metalworking and Metallurgy
      • Mining
      • Mining & Metals
      • Paper, Forest Products & Containers
      • Precious Metals
      • Textiles
      • Tobacco
      • View All Heavy Industry & Manufacturing

      • Telecomm­unications

      • Carriers and Services
      • Mobile Entertainment
      • Networks
      • Peripherals
      • Telecommunications Equipment
      • Telecommunications Industry
      • VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
      • Wireless Communications
      • View All Telecomm­unications

  • Lifestyle & Health
      • Consumer Products & Retail

      • Animals & Pets
      • Beers, Wines and Spirits
      • Beverages
      • Bridal Services
      • Cannabis
      • Cosmetics and Personal Care
      • Fashion
      • Food & Beverages
      • Furniture and Furnishings
      • Home Improvement
      • Household, Consumer & Cosmetics
      • Household Products
      • Jewelry
      • Non-Alcoholic Beverages
      • Office Products
      • Organic Food
      • Product Recalls
      • Restaurants
      • Retail
      • Supermarkets
      • Toys
      • View All Consumer Products & Retail

      • Entertain­ment & Media

      • Advertising
      • Art
      • Books
      • Entertainment
      • Film and Motion Picture
      • Magazines
      • Music
      • Publishing & Information Services
      • Radio & Podcast
      • Television
      • View All Entertain­ment & Media

      • Health

      • Biometrics
      • Biotechnology
      • Clinical Trials & Medical Discoveries
      • Dentistry
      • FDA Approval
      • Fitness/Wellness
      • Health Care & Hospitals
      • Health Insurance
      • Infection Control
      • International Medical Approval
      • Medical Equipment
      • Medical Pharmaceuticals
      • Mental Health
      • Pharmaceuticals
      • Supplementary Medicine
      • View All Health

      • Sports

      • General Sports
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Sporting Events
      • Sports Equipment & Accessories
      • View All Sports

      • Travel

      • Amusement Parks and Tourist Attractions
      • Gambling & Casinos
      • Hotels and Resorts
      • Leisure & Tourism
      • Outdoors, Camping & Hiking
      • Passenger Aviation
      • Travel Industry
      • View All Travel

  • Policy & Public Interest
      • Policy & Public Interest

      • Advocacy Group Opinion
      • Animal Welfare
      • Congressional & Presidential Campaigns
      • Corporate Social Responsibility
      • Domestic Policy
      • Economic News, Trends, Analysis
      • Education
      • Environmental
      • European Government
      • FDA Approval
      • Federal and State Legislation
      • Federal Executive Branch & Agency
      • Foreign Policy & International Affairs
      • Homeland Security
      • Labor & Union
      • Legal Issues
      • Natural Disasters
      • Not For Profit
      • Patent Law
      • Public Safety
      • Trade Policy
      • U.S. State Policy
      • View All Policy & Public Interest

  • People & Culture
      • People & Culture

      • Aboriginal, First Nations & Native American
      • African American
      • Asian American
      • Children
      • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
      • Hispanic
      • Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual
      • Men's Interest
      • People with Disabilities
      • Religion
      • Senior Citizens
      • Veterans
      • Women
      • View All People & Culture

  • Hamburger menu
  • Cision PRWeb provides efficient communication tools to continuously engage with target audiences across multiple online channels
  • Create a Free Account
    • ALL CONTACT INFO
    • Contact Us


      11AM ET Sunday – 8PM ET Friday

  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • News in Focus
    • Browse All News
    • Multimedia Gallery
  • Business & Money
    • Auto & Transportation
    • Business Technology
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Financial Services & Investing
    • General Business
  • Science & Tech
    • Consumer Technology
    • Energy & Natural Resources
    • Environ­ment
    • Heavy Industry & Manufacturing
    • Telecomm­unications
  • Lifestyle & Health
    • Consumer Products & Retail
    • Entertain­ment & Media
    • Health
    • Sports
    • Travel
  • Policy & Public Interest
  • People & Culture
    • People & Culture
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR
  • Send a Release
  • Sign up
  • Log in
  • Resources
  • RSS
  • GDPR

National League for Nursing Hosts Inaugural Conference Celebrating Leadership Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Nursing Education
  • USA - English


News provided by

National League for Nursing

Apr 02, 2018, 18:00 ET

Share this article

Share toX

Share this article

Share toX

National League for Nursing
National League for Nursing

The objectives of this groundbreaking conference reflect that spirit of innovation and dedication to maximizing the success of nursing programs born of the need to introduce diversity into higher education across the board.

Post this

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) April 02, 2018 -- With grant funding from the National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIMHD), the National League for Nursing this month brought together senior administrators, deans and directors of nursing, faculty, and students from six HBCUs—Historically Black Colleges and Universities—for a two-day invitational conference, “Action Coalition to Increase Diversity in Nursing by Strengthening HBCU Nursing Programs.” Participants from Dillard University, Hampton University, Howard University, North Carolina Agricultural & Technical (NC A&T) State University, Winston Salem State University, and the University of the District of Columbia met to explore:

• The value of HBCUs in promoting leadership in nursing
• Impact of workforce diversity on health care and role of HBCU schools of nursing
• Factors influencing the success of HBCU schools of nursing and student performance
• Action steps for the future

“Since 1942, when the NLN (then the NLNE) broke racial barriers in nursing by allowing Black nurses in the South full participatory membership at a time when many state organizations retained a ‘Whites Only’ policy, the NLN has been an inclusive organization, with diversity/inclusivity among the league’s fundamental core values,” remarked NLN CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN. “I’m proud to say that in 21st-century America, the NLN has expanded its commitment to full diversity and inclusion to address differences in gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, physical ability, and age. The objectives of this groundbreaking conference reflect that spirit of innovation and dedication to maximizing the success of nursing programs born of the need to introduce diversity into higher education across the board.”

Added NLN President G. Rumay Alexander, EdD, RN, FAAN, professor and associate vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion/chief diversity officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: “I join Bev and Dr. Janice Brewington, the NLN’s chief program officer who organized this gathering with our funding partners, in noting the exciting possibilities HBCUs present for nursing education in the contemporary demographic landscape. These schools—once the principal means for providing postsecondary education to Black Americans—now represent a vital component of American higher education for students from all backgrounds. I look forward with great anticipation to what comes next, as the NLN lends its oversight and support to the strategic action steps conceived to advance the conference objectives.”

Nathan Stinson, Jr., PhD, MD, MPH, the director of the Division of Extramural Scientific Programs at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, also weighed in: “Efforts to diversify the nursing workforce remain a significant challenge for the nation. The National League for Nursing conference on strengthening HBCU nursing programs may be catalytic in the development of a strategic approach to recruit and retain racial/ethnic minority individuals in nursing programs.”

The conference program offered a mix of formal presentations; discussion-based convocations; and working sessions. The keynoter, Dr. Charles Nelms, scholar at the Center for Postsecondary Research in the Department of Educational Leadership in Policy Studies at Indiana University, delivered his address on holistic strategies for strengthening HBCUs.

In the first of two plenary sessions, Dr. Sophia Russell, a captain in the US Public Health Service and director of the Division of Nursing and Public Health, Bureau of Health Workforce, in the Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) of the US Department of Health & Human Services, spoke about HRSA initiatives in the health workforce and underserved communities. Later, NLN BOG Secretary Dr. Teresa Shellenbarger, a professor in the Department of Nursing and Allied Health Professions at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, talked about program evaluation. Dr. Cheryl Taylor, chair of the graduate nursing programs at Southern University Kellogg School of Nursing where she holds the Jewel L. and James Prestage Endowed Professorship, and Dr. Leslee Battle, assistant dean for curriculum and instruction in the Division of Nursing at Winston Salem University, led a panel discussion on what success looks like — also detailing its attendant challenges and opportunities. The final plenary presentation, by Loretta Manning, MSN, RN, GNP, CEO of I Can Publishing, Inc., was a look at the new generation of the NCLEX.

Key conference take-aways were the creation of an on-going consortium of HBCU schools of nursing pledged to strengthen student performance and enhance HBCU nursing program effectiveness; and to develop strategies for networking among themselves and other stakeholders.

Reporters/Editors: For interview opportunities with Drs. Malone and Alexander, please contact the NLN’s communication consultant, Jane Rosen, at: 201-906-7339 or [email protected].

________________________________________
About the National League for Nursing
Dedicated to excellence in nursing, the National League for Nursing is the premier organization for nurse faculty and leaders in nursing education. The NLN offers professional development, networking opportunities, testing services, nursing research grants, and public policy initiatives to its 40,000 individual and 1,200 institutional members. NLN members represent nursing education programs across the spectrum of higher education, and health care organizations and agencies.

Khalilah Long, National League for Nursing, http://www.nln.org, +1 202-909-2483, [email protected]

Modal title

Contact PRWeb

  • 11AM ET Sunday – 8PM ET Friday
  • Contact Us

About PRWeb

  • About PRWeb
  • Partners
  • Partnership Programs
  • Editorial Guidelines
  • Resources

Why PRWeb

  • Why PRWeb
  • How It Works
  • Who Uses It
  • Pricing

Accounts

  • Create a Free Account
  • Log in
  • Contact Us

Do not sell or share my personal information:

  • Submit via [email protected] 
  • Call Privacy toll-free: 877-297-8921

Contact Cision

Products

About

My Services
  • All News Releases
  • Online Member Center
  • ProfNet
Cision Distribution Helpline
888-776-0942
  • Legal
  • Site Map
  • RSS
  • Cookie Settings
Copyright © 2025 Cision US Inc.