Nursing Rounds

Marla Barthen, RN, discusses her experiences as a Film/TV Medic: Her experiences working with celebrities and well-known shows, the most memorable moments she's had, and her advice for new nurses.

Barthen is also a speaker at NCNA's Annual Convention! This year, our convention is September 14-15, located at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Our speakers are offering sessions on nursing leadership, self-care in the profession, and much, much more.

Barthen will be speaking at one of our breakout sessions, Ted-Like Talks: Nursing Beyond the Hospital. For more information on the full agenda, hotel accommodation, and registration, visit our site here.

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NCNA member Jean Davison discusses her experience volunteering in war-torn Ukraine: what the healthcare work was like, how nurses can continue helping, and what Ukrainian refugees are facing in the coming months.

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Nick Dowgul, a North Carolina-based lawyer, and David Griffiths, with NSO, discuss ways nurses can protect themselves in the wake of recent noteworthy civil and criminal liability cases.

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Jennifer MacFarquhar, MPH, BSN, RN, CIC focuses on the importance of infection prevention and ways that it can empower nurse to be better advocates for their patients as part of NCNA's continued partnership with Project Firstline through ANA and the CDC.

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NCNA Past President Elaine Scherer talks the importance of nursing policy and how events like Nurses Night at the Legislature make a difference.

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Dr. Phoebe Pollitt shares her passion of history with us by sharing her vast knowledge of the history of nursing in North Carolina.

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Dr. G. Rumay Alexander discusses her personal experiences with racism in healthcare and the results of the National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (the Commission) survey of over 5,600 nurses on racism in the workplace.

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Debra Barksdale shares some of her inspiration from a young age and how she was able to bring both her passions of nursing and education together. 

As well as gives us an inside sneak peak at her Annual Psych Retreat Keynote: Sick & Tired: Leading through the Lens of Justice and Equity (1.0 CH)

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Evelyn Cook, associate director of SPICE, the Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology, shares knowledge of infection control for North Carolina nurses around COVID-19. Cook also talks about some of the resources for Project Firstline, a new collaboration between NCNA and ANA to give nurses free and easy access to infection control practices. More Information on Project Firstline here.  

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Letha Joseph shares her story of beginning her nursing career in India and now caring for older veterans in North Carolina.

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