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The Call for a National Nurse
on Focus on Future Medicine and Genetics
Is it time for nursing to have a seat at the nation's healthcare table? In this segment, registered nurses Teri Mills, president of the National Nursing Network Organization, and Alisa Schneider, secretary of the National Nursing Network Organization, describe the organization's efforts in support of a National Nurse. Ms. Mills explains the legislative history in support of a National Nurse and discusses who would serve as the National Nurse. Ms. Schneider discusses how the National Nurse role would differ from the United States Public Health Service Chief Officer position and explains the goals of the National Nurse. Hosted by Susan Dolan.
Susan R. Dolan RN, JD, CHA is the coauthor of From the Start Consider the Finish: A Guide to Excellent End-of-Life Care (Outskirts Press 2007) and The End of Life Advisor: Personal, Legal and Medical Considerations for a Peaceful, Dignified Death (Kaplan 2009). She heads her own health care consulting company.
Teri Mills is president of the National Nursing Network Organization. She graduated from the College of San Mateo with an associate degree in nursing in 1973, and worked as a charge nurse on a medical-surgical floor before going on to complete her BSN at Sonoma State University. Following graduation, Ms. Mills was hired to teach nursing at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. She was subsequently hired as a nurse educator in 1979 for Portland Community College (PCC), and remains in this role.In addition to teaching, Ms. Mills also worked as a nurse and nurse practitioner for Multnomah and Washington County's Health Departments. She graduated from the University of Portland, where she focused her graduate work on primary care of the adult, with a minor in nursing education. Ms. Mills received an Excellence in Teaching award from PCC in 2000. She has planned and carried out numerous volunteer activities in her own community, and is a trusted supporter of many political candidates. Ms. Mills was appointed by Governor Barbara Roberts to serve on the Oregon Sexual Offenses Against Children Task Force and was a member of the board of directors of Bradley Angle House, a shelter for abused women. Ms. Mills authored the article "America's Nurse," published in The New York Times on May 20, 2005, and co-authored "Office of the National Nurse-Leadership for a New Era of Prevention," published February 2007 in Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice.
Alisa Schneider, RN is secretary of the National Nursing Network Organization. She has practiced as a registered nurse for 17 years, specializing in pediatrics. She received her Master's of Science in Nursing Administration from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia where she taught nursing and worked in the Center for Health Policy, Research and Ethics on emergency preparedness curriculum for nurses. Alisa was awarded a Certificate of Nursing Education in Virginia and now practices as a nurse educator for Portland Community College in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.Ms. Schneider is devoted to advocating for nurses and in Virginia led legislative activities to further nursing involvement in workforce issues and health policy. Her concern for nursing issues worldwide inspired her to travel to Romania and Barbados to work as a nurse and nurse educator. She has worked as a grant writer for the March of Dimes and served on the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Metabolic Disorders in the District of Columbia. She has lectured extensively on various topics related to pediatrics, nursing in foreign countries, and emergency preparedness for nurses, as well as ethical and legislative topics. Alisa co-authored Office of the National Nurse-Leadership for a New Era of Prevention, published February 2007 in Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice. Alisa is the.
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