Profiles
Karine Crow,
Cherokee, is an associate professor at Northern Arizona
University School of Nursing. She directs the American
Indian Program, which was the first reservation-based,
baccalaureate nursing program in the United
States.
During
her time as Dean of the School of Nursing and Health
Studies at Georgetown University, Bette
Keltner,
Cherokee, PhD, RN, has greatly expanded and enhanced her
school. She is eager for some American Indian and Alaska
Native students to graduate from elite nursing schools
that can open open doors to high-level jobs.
John Lowe,
Cherokee, PhD, RN, Associate Professor in the Christine
E. Lynn College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic
University is one of only 13 American Indian/Alaskan
Natives with doctoral degree in nursing. Self-reliance,
which is an important Cherokee value, has been a key
issue in Lowe's teaching, research and service.
Margaret
Moss, The
Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota, DSN, RN, JD, is
Associate Professor and Director of Diversity at the
University of Minnesota School of Nursing. She is the
only American Indian nurse with both a DSN and JD. In
fact, only a few nurses in the total US population hold
both degrees.
Beverly
Patchell,
Cherokee, RN, MS, CNS, draws on her experiences in
traditional, allopathic (western), and alternative
medicine in her private practice and her teaching of
nursing students. She is on the faculty of the
University of Oklahoma School of Nursing where she is
the project director for the American Indian Nursing
Student Success Program, site coordinator for the
Bridges to the Doctorate Program, and co-director of the
Center for Cultural Competency and Healthcare
Excellence.
Robyn
Sunday-Allen,
Cherokee, RN, MPH, is the Chief Operating Officer of
the
Oklahoma City Indian Clinic.
Bev Warne,
Oglala Lakota, MS, RN, is the director of the American
Indian Students United in Nursing (ASUN)
program at Arizona State University. Her rich background
includes serving as as a school nurse, an IHS public
health nurse, a pediatric nurse, and a nurse in a clinic
in Bangkok, Thailand.