2021 MS Nurses Association Annual Convention

2021 Mississippi Nurses’ Association Annual Convention
POSITION OF PRESIDENT
Candidates who have qualified for this position:
Carl Mangum, PhD, PMHNP-BC, NHDP-BC
Biographical Profile: Dr. Carl Mangum is an Associate Professor and Director of the Psychiatric
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track at the University of Mississippi
Medical Center’s School of Nursing, and he is running for the office of
President of the Mississippi Nurses Association (MNA). An active MNA
member for over twenty years, he currently serves as Vice President
of MNA, and has previously served as Treasurer (2018 to 2019), as
well as Vice President (2007 to 2011). He is likewise honored to have
served as a delegate to the MNA House of Delegates during numerous
conventions, as well as a delegate to the American Nurses Association
(ANA) Membership Assembly five times. He has also had the privilege
of serving on the Professional Advisory Board and the Board of Directors
of the Epilepsy Foundation of Mississippi.
Dr. Mangum has been a registered nurse for 26 years and a nurse
practitioner for 7 years. He has taught nursing for 21 years at UMMC
and worked at Mississippi State Hospital and Mississippi Baptist Medical
Center prior to that.
Dr. Mangum strongly believes in MNA and what it does for the nurses
and citizens of Mississippi.
Statement of Intent:
I am Carl Mangum, and I am running for President of the Mississippi
Nurses Association (MNA). I am a 20+ year member of MNA, and I believe
in the power of the nurse and of this organization.
I currently serve as Vice President of MNA and am very involved in many
aspects of our operations. I serve and have served in many leadership
positions throughout my career. With the pandemic starting to be behind
us, it was an honor to deploy with and lead teams with the National
Disaster Medical System (NDMS) to Federal Quarantine Stations in
Maryland and Wisconsin. We served in several roles from patient care
to infection control and hazmat. I have also served as the Chairperson of
the Faculty Organization at the UMMC School of Nursing for six years.
I bring 26 years of experience of nursing here in Mississippi. I have served
in several different levels at the State and national levels. I have worked
as a staff nurse, supervisor, nurse manager, and nurse practitioner and
I understand the issues facing us. I will work to try to solve issues and
move us forward. My objectives are as follows:
Objective 1: Ensure inclusion continues to be part of all aspects of MNA.
Objective 2: Continue to build on nurses being appointed and serving
on State and national boards and advisory committees, to ensure that the
voice of nursing can be heard, and our valuable input can be received.
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