National Association of Hispanic Nurses’ Goals:
•Identify barriers to the delivery of health services to Hispanic consumers and recommend appropriate solutions to local, state, and federal agencies.
•Develop, test, and promote culturally sensitive models of intervention that provide effective nursing care for Hispanic communities. Disseminate research findings and policy perspectives related to Hispanic health care needs to local, state, and federal agencies in order to impact policy making and the allocation of resources.
•Collaborate with, and provide assistance to, other Hispanic health care professionals.
•Identify Hispanic nurses throughout the nation in order to monitor the size and growth of this group of health care professionals who may provide culturally sensitive nursing care to Hispanic consumers.
•Identify barriers to quality education for Hispanic nursing students and recommend appropriate solutions to state, local, and federal agencies.
•Work toward recruitment and retention of Hispanic students in nursing education programs, in order to increase the number of bilingual and bicultural nurses who may provide culturally sensitive nursing care to Hispanic consumers.

The following people were honored at the Gala:

Honorees & Awardees

Althea Mighten, EdD APRN BC
Dr. Ildaura Murillo-Rhodes Nursing Leadership Award

George A. Zeppenfeldt-Cestero
Community Advocacy Award

Visiting Nurse Service of New York
Institution of the Year

Rosario B. Jaime-Lara, BSN RN
Scholarship Award - MSN Candidate 2013

Angela Plasencia
Scholarship Award - BSN Candidate 2013

The World Liberty TV team was on hand to cover this wonderful event filled with great honorees, speeches, and food. We would also like to thank Maria Elena Piña Fonti, RNMA, President of the NY Chapter NAHN, for her kind invite.