UA Nursing Lecture Addresses Cultural Transformation

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing will host The Donna Cox Bridger Endowed Lectureship in Nursing and Health Care on Friday, March 5 at the Bryant Conference Center.

This year’s day-long program, “Cultural Transformation in Health Care Delivery,” will address the importance of cultural transformation as it relates to public health care, treatment of life altering conditions, mental health and healthcare delivery in outpatient settings.

Guest speakers will include Rhonda Lewis of Central Alabama VA Healthcare System, Lynn Snow of Tuscaloosa VA Medical Center, Deborah Grizzard of VA Palo Alto Health Care System, John Hankins of the Alabama Department of Public Health, Deborah Price of Capstone Village, Amanda Henson of DCH Cancer Treatment Center and Angela Hammond of UA’s University Medical Center.

Lecture attendance is open to faculty, students, health care professionals, and the community. The cost is $50. For more information, go to  http://nursing.ua.edu/donna_cox_bridger.htm or call Shelley Jordan at 205/348-9876. All nurses (LPN, RN and APN) will need to submit their licensure at time of check-in for electronic scanning that will be uploaded directly to ABN for CEU credit.

This program is approved by the Alabama Board of Nursing for 6.00 contact hours, by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama for 5.00 continuing medical education (CME) hours, and by the Alabama Board of Social Work Examiners for 5.0 contact hours. The Alabama Board of Pharmacy recognizes approved CME; this activity is approved by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama for 5.00 CME hours.

The Donna Cox Bridger Endowed Lectureship in Nursing and Health Care was established by Joseph C. Bridger to honor the memory of his wife and to promote awareness of current topics in the fields of nursing and health care from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Donna Cox Bridger had a 36-year career in nursing. She retired as associate chief of Nursing Service for Education of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Tuscaloosa in 1997. She played a key leadership role at the VA. One of her greatest assets was her ability to recognize important upcoming trends, tap all available resources, synthesize research information and then organize and coordinate activities and education programs to meet new goals.