Tammy Davis, RN has been selected as a 2019-2020 Fellow with the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments.

Tammy Davis, RN has been selected as a 2019-2020 Fellow with the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments. This new Fellowship program will increase nurses' capacity to assess and address environmental health issues in collaboration with community … [Read more...]

Marcia Lowe successfully defended her doctoral dissertation

On Friday July 5, 2019, Marcia Lowe successfully defended her doctoral dissertation study entitled, “An Exploratory Study of the Influence of Perceived Organizational Support, Co-Worker Social Support, the Nursing Practice Environment, and Nurse … [Read more...]

We now have the 13th President of the National Black Nurses Association living here in Birmingham!

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 University of Alabama School of Nursing.We are so very proud of her and wish her much success. … [Read more...]

The Birmingham Black Nurses want to Congratulate Gabriel Gabby Junio Sapalaran Jr., BSN.

The Birmingham Black Nurses want to Congratulate Gabriel Gabby Junio Sapalaran Jr., BSN. Gab works at the Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital and has just been appointed to the Alabama Board of Nursing by Governor Kay Ivey. I know Gab will … [Read more...]

Dr. Martha Dawson received the 2017 AONE Prism Diversity and Inclusivity Award

Dr. Martha Dawson received the 2017 AONE Prism Diversity and Inclusivity Award that recognizes a nurse leader who has advanced diversity efforts within the nursing profession, the community, or the individual’s organization.  Dr. Dawson is an … [Read more...]

Congratulations Karen Harris

What's it like to work on UAB's ENT, Plastics, Urology and Oral Surgery unit? "Maybe a patient has lost an appendage in an industrial accident, perhaps a cancer patient needs facial reconstruction, or someone has had orthopaedic surgery after a … [Read more...]

BBNA IS SO PROUD OF OUR NURSING GRADUATES!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!     BBNA IS SO PROUD OF OUR NURSING GRADUATES!!! *   Samantha Baldwin- BSN - Samford University – SHE HAS PASSED THE NCLEX *   TaMeshia Lewis - AAS - Jefferson State Community College *   Chaunice Neal - BSN - Samford … [Read more...]

2016 Member News & Updates

Time to renew your BBNA membership, please contact our membership chair Deborah Thedford-Zimmerman at dthedfor@yahoo.com Any member interested in serving as PROGRAM CHAIR, PUBLICITY & PUBLIC RELATIONS CHAIR, WEBSITE CHAIR, please contact … [Read more...]

Congratulations to Gladys Amerson!

Gladys graduated from UAB School of Nursing on Saturday, December 12th with her BSN and she was also inducted into the Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta Tau International. Gladys Amerson, MSHI, MEd, BSN-RN-BC, RRT … [Read more...]

CONGRATULATIONS !!!!

CARTHENIA JEFFERSON ELECTED AS ASNA VICE PRESIDENT 2015-2017 LINDSEY HARRIS ELECTED AS ASNA SECRETARY 2015-2017 LINDSEY HARRIS RECIPIENT OF LILLIAN HOLLAND HARVEY AWARD   WAY TO GO!!!  BBNA ON THE MOVE!!! … [Read more...]