Health Equity Academy

Good Morning!! Calling all HEA and MADIN Scholars. I need to send you some information so please email me your email addresses at [email protected]. Thank you!!!

Attention all hands, we have a new RN in the profession of nursing! Congratulations to Marlana Rawls who will be working the the Pediatric ICU in Florida! We are so proud of you and all of your fabulousness!

Well, when you know you know! And Troy just laid down all his knowledge and is the newest RN from Duke ABSN program and the Health Equity Academy! Congratulations and we know the west coast is lucky to have you!

May I have your attention please?!!!😊 Congratulations to our newest registered nurse (RN) Maimouna Barry. Next stop Johns Hopkins PCCU-CCU where she will certainly be the healer of hearts!

Congratulations to Virshauna Brown, MAP scholar and now graduate of the Rush University. She is now officially a registered nurse (RN) and will be working in the Pediatric ICU at Comer Children's Hospital! Continue to follow your dreams!!!

I'll never get tired of telling the world how amazing our HEA II Scholars and DUSON ABSN graduates are! Congratulations to Sophie Forte whose talent as a RN will be used in the WakeMed Emergency Department. Take it to the next level Sophie!

It is raining registered Nurses! Congratulations to our newest RN to the nursing profession, Oluwadamilola "Dami" Oluwadara. I not only welcome you to the profession but to my Intensive Care Nursery. You are now charged with the care of the most vulnerable population and I know you will be an amazing advocate for them and their families!

DUSON ABSN graduate and HEA II Scholar has become an official Registered Nurse (RN). Ryan Lawton you are a natural born leader and I cannot wait to see how you set the nursing world on fire! Congratulations!!!!

Congratulations to the Health Equity Academy II Scholars on receiving their Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing from Duke University School of Nursing! This is the first part of the impact you will have as nurses and nurse leaders! But right now I only want to say how very proud I am of your achievement!

The MAP 2022 Cohort has successfully completed their program and I could not be more proud! This group demonstrated what good hands the future of healthcare will be in when they join the workforce. They are dedicated to achieving their goals but most importantly there was a deep passion exemplified towards addressing health equity and improving health outcomes . The Duke School of Nursing is honored that we were able to be a small part of your journey into the healthcare professions!

Join DUSON in congratulating our second cohort of Leading to Equitable Access to Health Professions (LEAHP) on successful completion of the program. DUSON Health Equity Academy (HEA II) and the MSN program partnered with North Carolina Central to present the weeklong summer immersion program that ran from June 6 until June 10, welcoming 5 current BSN students from North Carolina Central University.

During this experience, scholars worked with DUSON faculty, advisors, staff, and students to develop an understanding of advanced practice nursing and support for successful admission to a graduate nursing program. LEAHP assisted students in designing a professional development plan that will assist them in achieving successful admission into an Advanced Practice nursing program. Some activities included:
• Seminars and activities which highlight health disparities and health access.
• Personal and professional development
• Simulated Nurse Practitioner experiences

On June 16th 2021 the House voted, 415-14 to make Juneteenth a national federal holiday. President Biden signed the bill into law on June 17, 2021. Also known as Freedom Day, June 19 marks the date in 1865, when more than 250,000 enslaved African Americans learned about their freedom by executive proclamation more than two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation. President Lincoln’s Executive Order took effect January 1, 1863, Texas being the furthest slave owning state within the confederacy received the message when the Union Army arrived. We reflect on and honor this date as the official end of chattel slavery in the US.