19th Annual National Black Nurses Day on Capitol Hill
Thursday, February 8, 2007
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn on The Hill
415 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
“The Power and Politics of Nursing: The Impact on the Delivery of Care”
AGENDA
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. | Introduction Eric Williams, MSN, RN NBNA Second Vice President Health Policy Committee Chairman |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. | Welcome and Acknowledgements Dr. Bettye Davis Lewis President, National Black Nurses Association |
| 9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Presidential Address Dr. Bettye Davis Lewis Special Awards Fredette West Principal, FDWest and Associaties Gaithersburg, MD Aranthan "A.J." Jones Director of Policy Analysis and Research Office of the House Majority Whip Washington, DC Britt Weinstock Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust Office of Congresswoman Donna Christian Christensen Washington, DC |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Moderator Dr. Bettye Davis Lewis, President Representative Donna Christian-Christensen Chairwoman, Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Moderator Dr. Debra Toney, NBNA First Vice President KEYNOTE ADDRESS Lorraine Miller Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives |
| 10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | BREAK |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Moderator Azella Collins NBNA Parliamentarian "The Power and Politics of Nursing: On Nursing by Nurses" Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Representative Lois Capps (D-CA) |
| 12:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | LUNCH |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Moderator Eric Williams, NBNA Health Policy Chairman "Impact of Michigan's Proposal 2 on Health Care" Birthale Archie, Member, NBNA Board of Directors President, Kalamazoo-Muskegon National Nurses Association |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Moderator Dr. Bettye Davis Lewis, NBNA President GREETINGS BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Moderator Pat Medley, Member, Black Nurses Association, Baltimore "Civil Rights and Health Care" Winston Wilkinson Director, Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Washington, DC "Solutions for the Nursing Shortage" Annette Debisette, PhD, ANP, RN, CDR, USPHS Director, Division of Nursing Health Resources and Services Administration U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Rockville, MD "Post Election Impact on Health Care" Keysha Brooks Coley (invited) Professional Staff Member Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee Subcommittee on Aging Washington, DC |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. | Moderator Martha Dawson Health Care Disparities Angela Asom, MD, MMM Medical Scientific Director, Diabetes Medical & Scientific Affairs Novo Nordisk Inc. Dallas, TX Sandra Jones Analyst Coverage and Analysis Group Office of Clinical Standards and Quality Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Baltimore, MD |
| 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | CAPITOL HILL VISITS |
| 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | Reception at the Embassy Suites Hotel 900 10th Street, NW Washington, DC For More Information, Contact: Dianne Mance, Conference Services Manager National Black Nurses Association 301-589-3200: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it |
