An exclusive interview

Embedding health equity in nursing education

I'm a nurturer by nature. Ever since I was a little girl, I've been called to serve and care for others. I remember as a child I would play with my dolls, and I’d go and get my mom's sheets, cut them up - and get in trouble - to give them pretend medicine, put some bandages on them. So, early in life it was a calling for me. I grew up in the eastern part of Richmond, Virginia, where we had a lot of determinants, even then, so I've watched a lot of my family members not receive good health care, particularly my grandmother. She was sick with emphysema, and at the hospital she was in at that time, she was in the ICU, intubated, and restrained and they did not even have her sedated. She had to endure all of that while conscious. She looked at me one day, and she just said, “Angel, help me.” I was barely 20 years old, and I felt helpless, but she had one nurse that came into her world and I saw this woman take care of my grandmother like she was her own family. That inspired me. I said, “I'm going to do this - become a nurse.” It was something I was meant to do and I just decided nothing was going to stop me from achieving that goal.

Dr. Angel Daniels, DNP, MSN.ed,RN, CCM, is a clinical transformation manager with broad experience in the hospital and healthcare industry. She is currently serving as the program chair at the Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing in Virginia. She holds a doctorate of nursing practice from Chamberlain College of Nursing, with a concentration in health system leadership, and is also a certified case manager. She also has a history of diversity and inclusion work, serving as co-chair on the Virginia Nurses Association DEI Council and the AACC Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Leadership Network. She’s also held leadership roles in DNPs of Color and the Central Virginia Chapter Black Nurses Association.

PLUS: Hear from LPN Beverly Morgan about her incredible advocacy within long-term patient care and work to motivate, support, and train licensed practical nurses across the country.

Beverly Morgan, LPN, is a nurse with decades of clinical and operational management experience. She currently serves as the director of marketing and business development at BridgePoint Healthcare, which operates two long term acute care facilities in the Washington, D.C. area. She is also the founder and president of Lambda Psi Nu Nursing Sorority, which is dedicated to improve the quality of healthcare through supporting licensed practical nurses.

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