On National Nurses Day, we acknowledge Ernest Grant, internationally recognized burn care and safety expert and the first male president of the American Nurses Association. To learn more about Grant, history of nursing as well as African American nurses, check out the links provided below:

Sources:

• https://www.nursingworld.org/ana/leadership-and-governance/board-of-directors/ana-president/

• https://nurse.org/articles/black-history-month-nursing-leaders/

• https://www.nursing.upenn.edu/nhhc/american-nursing-an-introduction-to-the-past/

• https://www.registerednursing.org/articles/african-american-nurses-making-history/

• https://www.chamberlain.edu/blog/a-celebration-of-10-famous-black-nurses-in-history

• https://www.nbna.org/history

• https://www.nbna.org/files/NBNA%20FALL%202019%20REVJAN07.pdf

• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jan.14791

• https://aahc.nc.gov/resources/black-history-month-2021/black-history-month-2021-health-pioneers-interview-dr-ernest-j-grant

• https://youtu.be/zCnnciTWIjY (video interview with Ernest Grant)

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