Mini Nurse Academy
Recent News:
- NBNA Mini Nurse Academy™ in the Philly News
- Television Documentary - https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/southeastern-pennsylvania-area-black-nurses-association-2nd-annual-mini-nurse-academy/
- Newsprint - https://www.inquirer.com/health/nursing-careers-philadelphia-elementary-school-program-20240218.html
- Blog - https://www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/news/elementary-school-mini-nursing-academy
- Drexel News - https://drexel.edu/news/in-the-news/2024/February/February-26-Harmon-KYW-TV-CBS-3
- Radio - https://soundcloud.com/onwurd/wake-up-with-wurd-w-solomon-jones-21924-monica-harmon
Webinar
NBNA Population Health Webinar: Mini Nurse Academy
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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Video Links
NBNA Mini Nurse Academy (Click link)
An introduction by Dr. Loretta Lee
Mini Nurse Academy Trains Next Generation of Health Workers (Click link)
The Mini Nurse Academy introduces elementary students to careers in nursing, with the aim of introducing children to career options early and diversifying the healthcare workforce.
An introduction by Dr. Loretta Lee
Mini Nurse Academy Trains Next Generation of Health Workers (Click link)
The Mini Nurse Academy introduces elementary students to careers in nursing, with the aim of introducing children to career options early and diversifying the healthcare workforce.
Articles
- NBNA Mini Nurse Academy: A Strategy to Diversity the Nursing Workforce,
- Dr. Jennifer Coleman, Birmingham BNA
Diversifying the healthcare workforce starts young, as early as third grade, to be exact. That’s the age the National Black Nurses Association, or NBNA, is betting on with their Mini Nursing Academy.
- Miami, Black Nurses Association: https://bna-miami.org/service/nbna-mini-nurse-academy/
- Alliance of Black Nurses of Oregon: https://www.abnao.org/mini-nurse-academy
- Nurses of Color Are Underrepresented – with Serious Consequences (directrelief.org)
- https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/wellness/story/black-health-care-workers-shine-spotlight-issues-diversity-76104296
- https://www.nbna.org/files/2018%20spring%20issue(3).pdf
- “Mini Nurse Academy” Gets Elementary School Students Interested in Medicine - Scrubs | The Leading Lifestyle Magazine for the Healthcare Community (scrubsmag.com)
- Blog | mini nurse academies (diversitynursing.com)
- https://6abc.com/mini-nurse-academy-general-george-meade-school-nursing-students-philadelphia-elementary/13231204/