18th Annual National Black Nurses Day on Capitol Hill
Thursday, February 2, 2006
8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
345 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC
"Systematic Problem-Solving for Sustained Improvements in
Health Professional Education and Training and Health Care Financing"
DRAFT AGENDA
| 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Registration |
| 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 President, National Black Nurses Association |
| 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Sustainable Solutions To Eliminate Health Care Disparities Senator Gloria Lawlah Maryland State Legislature State of Maryland (invited) Gail Christopher, DN Vice President, Health, Women and Families; Director, Health Policy Institute Joint Center for Politica and Economic Studies (invited) |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. | Sustainable Solutions To Enhance Health Care Financing Moderator: Azella Collins Second Vice President Chairperson, Health Policy Committee National Black Nurses Association Iris Mabry, MD Medical Officer Agency for Health Care Research and Quality U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (invited) |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. | BREAK |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Getting The Job Done Through Advocacy: State and Federal Solutions Moderator: Dr. Debra Toney NBNA First Vice President National Black Nurses Association Julius Hobson, Jr. Director, Division of Congressional Affairs American Medical Association |
| 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | LUNCHEON |
| 12:30 p.m. | Keynote Address Mike Draine Executive Director, State Government Affairs AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, LP (invited) |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Nursing Education and Training: Sustainable Solutions Moderator: Dr. Sandra Webb Booker NBNA Historian; Director, LPN Program, King/Kennedy Center Rose Gonzalez, PhD, RN Director, Government Relations American Nurses Association Dr. C. Alicia Georges Chairman, Department of Nursing Lehman College, Bronx, NY |
| 2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | GREETINGS BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS The Honorable Donna Christian-Christensen Chairwoman, Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust |
| 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | CAPITOL HILL VISITS |
| 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | National Black Nurses Foundation Scientific Forum and Dinner Hamilton Crowne Plaza Hotel 14th and K Streets, NW Washington, DC |
