Northern Connecticut Black Nurses Association, INC

Northern Connecticut Black Nurses Association, INC To support the development of ethnic nurses reflecting the nation's diversity; advocacy for culturally competent, accessible and affordable healthcare.

In 1991, the Southern Connecticut Black Nurses Association was formed in New Haven, CT. Several years later, in October 1996, interested nurses from surrounding hospitals and community health agencies began meeting at Hartford Hospital, and soon thereafter formed the Northern Connecticut Chapter of the Black Nurses Association in Hartford, Connecticut. The goals of the Northern Connecticut Black Nurses Association (NCBNA) include:

Supporting the purpose, goals, and objectives of the National Black Nurses Association, Inc. Defining and advocating for appropriate policies and procedures t o determine nursing care for Black consumers in order to endure their optimal quality of care. Promoting collaborative research to increase the body of knowledge about the health care needs of diverse cultural and ethnic populations. Functioning as change agents and advocated to promote an accessible, quality and consumer driven, health care delivery system for Black Americans and other cultural and ethnic populations. Increasing the number of Black nurses in the nursing workforce as well as ensuring quality nursing education. Unifying as a lobbying force to influence legislation, which impacts minority health care practitioners and consumers. Functioning as experts in matters related to Black nurses and in our areas of nursing expertise as it relates to the health of Black consumers. Developing and maintaining a local directory of licensed Black nurses. Membership is open to all nurses and student nurses.

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10/04/2025

7 Days until the big event!

Lucinda Canty Connecticut Nurses Association
10/04/2025

Lucinda Canty
Connecticut Nurses Association

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"Without more PhD-prepared nurses, there won't be enough professors to teach the next generation. And, as the ranks of PhD-trained nurse scientists shrink, essential research questions will go unanswered."

This month's AJN Reports (free to read through Sunday) looks at declining numbers of PhD students in nursing: the reasons (the difficulty and time investment, etc.), negative consequences for the profession, and some possible ways to reverse the trend.

https://journals.lww.com/ajnonline/fulltext/2025/09000/enrollment_in_nursing_phd_programs_continues_to.12.aspx

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