NOBC News February 2024: A Heart for Community

Read NOBC’s February News HERE. This month, Laurie Benson, BSN (NOBC’s Executive Director) shares that meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships are the solid foundation on which NOBC was built. She writes: “From start-up to lasting sustainability, our reach, scale, and impact have grown exponentially. While it is important to have clear strategies, it is daring and caring people who do the real work to elevate our mission and accelerate our impact.” In our Featured Story, Vivienne Pierce McDaniel, DNP, MSN, RN shares her heart for community as she describes both the challenges of being a nurse on a hospital board, as well as the impact she has been able to make. And finally, check out our February Resource: Nurses on Boards and Healthy Communities by Lisa Sundean, PhD, MHA, RN, an article that expertly highlights NOBC’s purpose an mission: “Nurse board leadership is not about straying from nursing, it is about leading communities toward population health.”