George Mason University Students Defend HR 4903

Written by: Tara Liloia on Jun 30, 2006 12:34 PM EDT

*Teri Mills is a longtime Democracy For America community member. She blogs at nationalnurse.org.*

From Leesburg, Virginia--On Thursday, June 29, 2006, the George Mason University Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) class, Organization of Nursing and Health Care Delivery Systems, gave mock Congressional testimony regarding the nursing shortage with actions to remedy it.

One group representing the patients spoke in strong support of The National Nurse Act and encouraged all in attendance to contact their representatives and spread the word to their colleagues. In attendance were senior leaders of the Inova Health System, Karen Drenkard, David Goldberg and Patrick Walters. The Inova Health System is located in Northern Virginia.

Members of the class were surprised that these individuals had not heard of H.R. 4903 and vowed to promote it using handouts provided by the National Nurse Team www.NationalNurse.org. The class is taught by Brenda Sheingold, RN, MSOD who uses many innovative teaching techniques when instructing her students.

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Have safe and Happy Fourth of July!
Teri, Alisa & Terri
Your National Nurse Team

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