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Sheila Pennell


Winner of the Margaret Tyson scholarship, Sheila Pennell, is working on her doctoral degree in nursing through UMass’s BS to PhD program where her graduate course work includes in-depth specialization in geriatrics. Her passion about Geriatric nursing has led her to currently practice part time in a Nursing Home while attending school. She has tailored her graduate course work to include an in-depth specialization in geriatrics and plans to pursue a career as a nursing educator at the university level and geriatric clinical specialist upon graduation.

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Emily Trester

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Emily Trester, RN-BC, CCLS is the recipient of the Laura D. Smith NSNA Scholarship. Emily will complete her MSN Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Primary Care degree from Duke University in December 2019 and plans t... read more.

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