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Broward Health Imperial Point’s Nurses Partner

With Rwamagana School of Nursing in Rwanda, Africa

The HCC packing boxes Friends at the Rwamagana School of Nursing expressing gratitude.

The Broward Health Imperial Point shipped numerous supplies, uniforms, BHIP HCC was formed to promote the healing throughout the healthcare envi-
Department of Nursing and the Holistic shoes and text books. Additionally, the values of kindness, respect, care, and ronment with an emphasis on interper-
Care Council (HCC) recently announ - partnership will include to opportunity compassion for oneself, patients, and sonal relationships. Holistic care
ced a unique partnership with the to form pen pal relationships to help peers – fostering a work climate focused addresses the spiritual, emotional and
Rwamagana School of Nursing in with developing writing and communi- on self-care for all team members, while physical concerns of ourselves, our
Rwanda, Africa. The HCC hosted a nurs- cation skills for the student nurses in providing quality holistic care for our patients and our peers. BHIP embraces
ing textbook and supply drive in Rwanda. patients. the concepts of Jean Watson’s Caring
February 2017 to ship and support the The Broward Health Imperial Point The HCC is an interdisciplinary com- Theory in all aspects of patient care.
school in Rwanda as a way of building clinical practice shared governance mittee and works through transforma- Creating supportive, caring environ-
relationships outside of our community, structure has evolved over time recog- tional leadership: inspiring, encourag- ments for both staff and patients is a
expanding the way in which a nurse can nizing the need to develop a dedicated ing, innovating, teaching, mentoring, basic principle of holistic nursing prac-
volunteer and expand interpersonal rela- council focused on holistic nursing care and modeling. The primary goal of this tice and an increasingly important aspect
tionships. The HCC collected and and practice. In December 2014, the council is to foster an environment of of today’s healthcare delivery system.

PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY

Phyllis King, BSN, MSN, PhD

As a professor in the Palm Beach Atlantic University
School of Nursing and chair of the RN to BSN program,
Dr. Phyllis King’s passion is preparing baccalaureate nurs-
es for servant-leader roles in healthcare. A graduate of the
University of Tennessee master’s and doctoral programs,
and a certified educator for the Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation’s End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium,
she continues her practice and research in end-of-life care.
Her research has provided opportunities to present at
international and national conferences such as Sigma
Theta Tau, the international nursing honor society;
Rutgers University Continuing Education; and the Mayo
Clinic. She also promotes nursing leadership development
as chartering and past president of the new Sigma Theta
Tau International Chi Phi Chapter. She and her husband Bruce, who also works in
the School of Nursing in the DNP program, consider nursing education and hospice
volunteering as opportunities for service as well as rewarding careers.

Jennifer Kuretski, BSN, MSN, DNP

Dr. Jennifer Kuretski, associate professor of nursing at
Palm Beach Atlantic University, lives by her personal
motto: “Care for all, lead by example and above all contin-
ue to inspire others.” She primarily has practiced as an
advanced registered nurse practitioner in the field of infec-
tious disease, and she has provided infectious disease con-
sultations in the inpatient as well as outpatient clinical set-
tings. Dr. Kuretski has a particular interest in retroviruses
such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). This
interest and clinical experience led to her obtaining spe-
cialty certification as an American Academy of HIV
Medicine, HIV Specialist. She has been involved in over 50
clinical trials in the field of infectious disease. She previ-
ously served as adjunct faculty at the University of Miami
in the MSN and DNP programs at the School of Nursing.
She is a family nurse practitioner certified by the American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners (AANP).

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