Birmingham Black Nurses Association — Nurses Improving Access to Care

Brunch & Scholarship Event

Celebrate with the Birmingham Black Nurses Association (BBNA) as we award deserving students currently enrolled in an Alabama Board of Nursing
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Kimberly Barnes-Ayers BSN,RN-BC, MAEd is completing her 13 week Registered Yoga Teacher Training (YTT) certification this month. Kimberly says "I
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The Birmingham Black Nurses want to Congratulate Gabriel Gabby Junio Sapalaran Jr., BSN. Gab works at the Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital
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BBNA is being honored for recruiting 4 New Lifetime Members for 2019 under the Mid-size category as part of the NBNA Membership Campaign for 2019
Congratulations to our President

Dr. Lindsey Harris. She is officially the new President-Elect for ASNA!!! Her Presidency will start in 2020.
Our Very Own

UAB School of Nursing alumna Deborah Thedford-Zimmerman, RN, MSN, WOCN, is the newly-elected president of the Birmingham Black Nurses Association.
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On Friday July 5, 2019, Marcia Lowe successfully defended her doctoral dissertation study entitled, “An Exploratory Study of the Influence of
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Congratulations to Deborah F. Grimes for being honored and recognized in SAVOY Magazine!!! We are Super🤸 PROUD of her for a job well done.
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Dr. Martha Dawson was featured in the January 2019 Birmingham Market Magazine. BBNA is making us and NBNA a household name.
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Dr. Martha Dawson, NBNA Historian, will be inducted into the Alabama Nurses Hall of Fame on October 24, 2019.
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Tammy Davis, RN has been selected as a 2019-2020 Fellow with the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. This new Fellowship program will
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We now have the 13th President of the National Black Nurses Association living here in Birmingham! Dr. Martha A. Dawson is a professor at the
Did You Know?

"African American babies are more than twice as likely to die from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) as Caucasian babies."
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"African American women although not diagnosed with a higher incidence of cancer die at a higher rate."
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"Obesity can lead to Diabetes. Alabama ranks 2nd in the nation for obesity."