SummaPrime Healthcare

02/23/2024

02/21/2024

Im host a FREE LIVE Webinar next Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024 @ 7:30-8:30p est EVERYTHING you need to know about insurance, with my friend and insurance broker Gary Phelps (owner and operator of Preferred Insurance
Bring your questions.

Get your free ticket on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wednesday-wealth-workshops-know-your-insurance-know-your-security-tickets-837448851057?aff=oddtdtcreator

See you there.

02/21/2024

Congratulations to Ward 4 royal couple, Queen Mary Davis, a participant at Colony House and King Ronald Mitchell, a participant at GNJ Senior Center! Kudos to all of the contestants! They were amazing during the week long competition and will continue to represent their individual dining sites throughout the year! Gnjward4 DC Department of Aging and Community Living DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Zion Baptist Church Musicmemorycafe ❤️

02/14/2024

Had an amazing time competing against for bragging rights!

02/14/2024

Autumn Saxton-Ross, PhD, is a force on the board of directors for Friends of Anacostia Park who serves as the Chief Education and Equity Officer at the National Recreation and Park Association. Her desire to be an advocate for outdoor recreation was sparked in her childhood, as she explored city parks in her hometown of Kansas City, Missouri with her family. With a doctorate in Sociology and considerable experience in health education and promoting outdoor recreation equity, Autumn is a skilled bridge-builder who fights to connect people, especially in urban and Black communities, with the resources they need to live a healthier, happier life by enjoying the outdoors.

Autumn loves that her work allows her to join forces with “good people in beautiful places” – one of those beautiful places being Anacostia Park. She enjoys “hearing different languages and seeing different cultural celebrations” at local parks, and views parks as a site for people and families of diverse backgrounds to come together. We appreciate Autumn for using her passions and talents to help our organization soar to new heights.

You can learn more about Autumn and her work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/autumn-saxton-ross-phd-2951908/

02/06/2024

Several digital health technologies are available to help prevent cardiovascular disease, including the TeleClinical Care smartphone app and mobile technologies for lifestyle interventions. Help recognize National Wear Red Day by wearing red today!



(Gray et al., 2022.)👇
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9795268/

02/06/2024

Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926)

First Black woman to earn a professional nursing license in the U.S.

While many African Americans served as nurses before her, Mary Ezra Mahoney often carries the distinction of being the first Black nurse in history to earn a professional nursing license in the U.S. and the first to graduate from an American nursing school. Born to freed slaves, she worked as janitor, cook, washerwoman and nurse’s aide over the course of 15 years at the New England Hospital for Women and Children, according to the National Women’s History Museum. At the age of 33, she entered the hospital’s nursing program and graduated 16 months later. As the first professionally trained and licensed Black nurse, she championed increased access to nursing education and fought against discrimination in the profession throughout her career, supporting the creation of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) in 1908.

The Black Nurses Rock Foundation strives to uphold our mission to inspire and empower innovative leaders that will serve and educate vulnerable communities while reflecting the strong Black women and men of our past and present.

02/05/2024

Tag BlackNursesMeet for a feature! This Black History Month each day we are honoring black professional pioneers who paved the way for our country. It’s important for us to remember our history and bring an awareness to what our ancestors fought for and how they helped to make this country a better place for all people. As black nurses it brings us joy to pay homage to Ms. Mary Eliza Mahoney (1845-1926). Ms Mahoney was the first Black nurse to study, graduate, & earn a professional registered nursing license in the United States. Ms. Mahoney parents were freed slaves from North Carolina. Her family moved to Massachusetts in hopes of a life with decreased racial disparities. Ms. Mahoney knew at an early age that she wanted to be a nurse. While in her teens, she began working at New England Hospital for Women and Children. For 15 years, she worked as a cook, janitor, washerwoman, and nurses aide. At the age of 33, she was accepted into New England Hospital for Women and Children nursing school. The program was so intense that only 3 students out of 40 graduated and Ms Mahoney was 1 of them. Ms. Mahoney was known for her exceptional bedside manner and nursing care. Throughout her nursing career, she fought for increased access to nursing education and against inequality in the nursing profession. Which led to her co-founding the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses (NACGN) in 1908. Ms. Mahoney went above & beyond to help eradicate racism in the nursing industry. At the age of 77 years old she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She succumbed to the disease on January 4, 1926. We would like to thank Ms. Mary Eliza Mahoney for fighting for equality for Black nurses and WE WILL CONTINUE HER FIGHT! ❤️