2021 TNA Virtual Conference

TNA VIRTUAL CONFERENCE | 2021: YEAR OF THE NURSE 2.0 - ONE YEAR WASN’T ENOUGH
Board of Directors, I was a Director, then President, of TNA District 1. I have a passion for engaging nurses
in health policy and advocacy. I am a 2019 graduate of the American Nurses Advocacy Institute. I am one of
the TNA representatives on the Coalition for Access to Care in Tennessee and am on the ANCC APRN Task
Force. I would appreciate your vote for ANA Membership Assembly Representative.
Erin Morgan, DNP, FNP-BC
My name is Erin Morgan, and I am asking for your vote to serve as one of TNA’s ANA
membership assembly representatives. Currently, I serve as the Co-president for
District 2 in East Tennessee. This position has offered the opportunity to organize,
lead, and advocate for nurses at the local level. Additionally, I continue to work as an
APRN and teach nursing students at the undergraduate and graduate levels at UT-
Knoxville. These roles offer the opportunity to remain in touch with nursing practice
and current discussions in nursing education. I now seek the opportunity to advocate and speak for all
Tennessee nurses at the national level. Now is the time for nurses to come together and use our voices to
advocate for our patients and our profession. I commit to do my best to represent the wide diversity of
nurses from all regions of Tennessee as the ANA Membership Assembly Representative. Thank you for your
vote for ANA Membership Assembly Representative.
Carole Myers, PhD, RN, FAAN
Carole R. Myers-Candidate to Represent TNA at 2022-2023 ANA Membership
Assemblies. Carole R. Myers was elected to represent the Tennessee Nurses Association
(TNA) at the American Nurses Association (ANA) bi-annual conventions of the House
of Delegates 2008-2012 and the Membership Assemblies 2014-present. Carole’s
long-term involvement with ANA was on display at the 2018 in-person Membership
Assembly meeting as a member of the Presidential Endorsement Task Force and
when she was called upon with approximately 30 minutes notice to fill-in for an ill colleague to talk about
nurses and media engagement for one of the Dialogue Forums. Carole was selected to serve on the ANA
2019 Presidential Endorsement Task Force. Carole has been involved in TNA in a variety of leadership and
other roles since the 1980s. Her service includes: TN-PAC chair 1985-1988 and 2007-2010, secretary 2007,
and member of the board 2004-2007 and GOVA chair 2010-2017 and member 2008-2010 and 2017-present.
Carole has been active in state policymaking related to health, health care and APRN practice since the 1980s
and served as co-chair of the 2016 Tennessee General Assembly Scope of Practice Task Force.
Carole is a recognized national expert on nurses’ media engagement, access to care, APRN practice
authority, Medicaid, and national health reform. Carole was a long-term columnist for the Tennessee
Nurse and now the American Journal of Nursing. Carole is the creator and co-host of HealthConnections,
a radio show on WUOT-FM, the Knoxville NPR affiliate. Myers blogs, is an avid Tweeter, and author of
numerous national and state OpEds, other commentaries, and scholarly publications. Carole is a Fellow
in the American Academy of Nurses and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Health Policy and Media
Engagement at George Washington University. Most recently, Carole has been a member of a research
team that conducted a national survey and interviews with Tennessee APRNs to examine 1) describe
state practice barriers, 2) determine the effect of COVID-19 pandemic-related suspension of all practice
restrictions or waiver of select practice agreement requirements in states with reduced or restricted
practice, and 3) explore the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on APRN practice. Carole is also the lead
Principal Investigator for study evaluating nurse’s media competencies.
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