NCEMNA’s Third National Conference, “Creating Research Careers: Your Pathways to Success” has begun pre-registration. The goal of this conference is to introduce ethnic minority nurses to growing opportunities in research. The Conference will be held at the Marriott Plaza Hotel San Antonio, TX, March 16-18, 2007. If you are an ethnic minority nurse interested in researching health issues in and for your ethnic community, or a student seeking research mentors, or a nurse scientist looking for research challenges, this upcoming conference is where you will find the information you need.
For an application and registration, . Come and join us as we make inroads towards developing research careers and increasing the number of Ethnic Minority Nurse Scientists in the U.S ..... Full Story
| NCEMNA has implemented a Research Training and Mentoring (RTM) program that matches 25 mentors with 50 mentees according to research interests and geographical location. If you are interested in participating in NCEMNA’s RTM program please complete the Mentee Application or Mentor Application today.
If you are selected as a mentor or mentee, travel, food and lodging to our 3rd National conference in San Antonio, Texas, March 16-18, 2007, will be covered. Forty Five additional Attendance Incentive Scholarships for San Antonio-area students and faculty may be requested through school deans and directors. The goal is to increase the number of ethnic minority nurse researchers who are prepared to conduct research within a culturally competent model of care. It is therefore important for you to be clear in describing your current interest in research and your personal goals for participating in NCEMNA’s RTM program. Submission deadline is November 3, 2006 ..... Full Story
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| On September 1, 2006 NCEMNA will launch a series of webcasts designed to bring the "Creating Research Careers" conference message to those who could not attend and refresh the memories of those who attended the 2005 and 2006 conferences .....Full Story
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On Friday, August 11, 2006, at the NBNA Thirty Fourth Annual Institute and Conference, NCEMNA Sponsored a symposium focused on research by minority nurse investigators on strategies to increase the number of minority nurse investigators; on evidence based research; on the application of evidence based research in nursing practice; and on how research and practice are applied at nursing schools.
To achieve these objectives, three outstanding professionals presented. Their topics were:
Improving Quality of Healthcare Through Evidence-Based Practice
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/NPP, FAAN
Improving Quality of Healthcare Through Evidence-Based Practice
Bernadette Mazurek Melnyk, PhD, RN, CPNP/NPP, FAAN
Integrating Nursing Research into Practice: What's Needed for a Practical Transition
Bernice L .....Full Story
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One of NCEMNA's major goals is to identify every nurse of color in the country. We need your help. If you know of ay other nurses of color, please tell them about NCEMNA. Send them to www.ncemna.org or they can call 310-258-9515 and ask about becoming a part of the network.
Click to Join NCEMNA | THURSDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- If anger is a problem, a new study advises that you calm down and literally save your breath.
That's because long-term hostility could damage lung function and speed up the natural decline in lung power that comes with age, investigators say.
"The findings are not unexpected," said Dr. Norman Edelman, chief medical officer at the American Lung Association. "There's lots of biological plausibility, lots of mechanisms by which this could take place."
The study was published in the Aug. 31 online edition of Thorax.
Hostility and anger have been strongly linked with many other health problems in older adults, including heart disease and asthma .....Full Story
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