Susan Lane is currently a research assistant at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro where she is pursuing her Doctoral degree. She received her MSN at Gardner Webb University in 2003. She plans to continue her career in a faculty role in academia as well as her research in maternal/child health. Her pilot research on decision making for parenting and pregnant adolescents was funded by Sigma Theta Tau International’s Mu Psi-at-Large Chapter.

(2019-2020 Winner)
Bethany Thomas CRNP, CNRN is the recipient of the 2019 Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. Bethany graduated from Thomas Jefferson University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree in 2009. She worked at... read more.
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