Nursing Mutual Aid 2020 (#NMA2020)
Season 01 - Episode 03
As Nurses across the nation face canceled conferences during the COVID19 pandemic, the time spent on making those posters, preparing those podium presentations, power points, the research, publications to be shared and discuss with colleagues all took a grim turn as everyone suddenly realized they can no longer gather with their colleagues. However, this did not stop a group of nurse leaders from across the United States to collaborate their efforts toward a virtual platform and organize the Nursing Mutual Aid 2020 #NMA2020 conference on Twitter for 30 April 2020. The guest for this podcast are two of the #NMA2020 organizers Dr. Rachel Walker @UMassWalker and Dr. Anna Valdez @drannamvaldez
You can follow this conference on Twitter with the Twitter handle @nrsgmutualaid
Dr. Rachel Walker PhD, RN, FAAN
Rachel Walker (they/them) is a nurse inventor and the first and only nurse to serve as an Invention Ambassador for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They are an Associate Professor, Nursing PhD Program Director, and Associate Director of the UMASS Amherst Center for Health & Human Performance: a multidisciplinary translational science center that specializes in sensors, nanotextiles, and other digital health technologies. Following service in the Peace Corps, they completed their BS and Ph.D. in Nursing and a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Their scholarship focuses on emancipatory approaches to health innovation, digital defense, and co-creating tools to promote human dignity, capability, and a sense of well-being in the context of symptom-related disability, medical gaslighting, and serious illness. In 2019, the LGBTQ+ publication GO Magazine recognized Rachel as a disruptive health innovator, naming them to their annual class of “100 People We Love”. Recent features about their work and advocacy for more inclusive, equity-centered invention practices, and accountability to community, have appeared in Forbes and Scientific American, on NPR and Facebook studios, and in the journal Science.
Dr. Anna Valdez
Ph.D., RN, CEN, CNE, CFRN, FAEN, FAADN
Dr. Anna Valdez has 28 years of experience in clinical practice and nursing education. She has taught nursing at all levels and in a variety of settings. She currently serves as faculty at Santa Rosa Junior College, Sonoma State University, and Walden University. Dr. Valdez is nationally certified in emergency nursing, flight nursing, and nursing education. Her current research interests focus primarily on emergency nursing, health disparities, health equity, environmental justice, and nursing education. Dr. Valdez has presented at several conferences and served on a variety of health-related advisory boards. She has published over 25 peer-reviewed articles and contributed as an author in two current emergency nursing books. Dr. Valdez has served as an Associate Editor, Section Editor and member of the Executive Editorial Board for the Journal of Emergency Nursing. She is currently serving as the Editor in Chief for the Teaching and Learning in Nursing journal.
Cite this Podcast (APA 7th ed.)
Tayyeb, A. R. (Producer). (2020, April 15). Nursing mutual aid 2020 [Audio podcast]. Retrieved from
https://www.alirtayyeb.com/rnmentor-podcast/nursing-mutual-aid-2020-nma2020
