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District News
Director, for spearheading this membership
meeting event! Thank you to Belmont University
for sharing their beautiful campus.
Upcoming July Membership Meeting
Please mark your calendars for the July District
Membership Meeting on Thursday, July 21, 2022,
from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Our speakers will be
Tammy Stokes, MSN, CHPN, RN-BC, Director of
Palliative Care at Maury Regional Medical Center,
and Dr. Chris Turner, MD, Hospital Medicine. The
topic is ‘Resiliency and Gratitude.’ The location:
Maury Regional Medical Center in the Auxiliary
Conference Room. The address is 1224 Trotwood
Avenue, Columbia, TN. 38401.
District Elections
District elections will be held during the July
21 meeting for President-Elect (this is a threeyear
commitment, one year as President-Elect to
learn the role, and two years as President); Vice
President; Secretary; and three Board of Director
positions. Please contact one of the current
officers if you have questions about the roles and
responsibilities, and submit your name via email to
Ginny Massey-Holt at vholt5@Columbiastate.edu
by July 15.
District 5
President: Christine Reed
District 5 held a special meeting on
February 15. Members attended a
panel discussion centered on Role
Conflict, a topic that was
recommended by nursing students
at a prior general district meeting.
The expert panel was comprised of
nurse leaders in higher education,
hospital administration, clinical
education, and nurse residency
program management. Members
Christine Reed praised the presentation format,
and District 5 is considering
holding additional panel discussions in the future.
On April 19, Melanie Stanton, BSN, MBA, RN, NEA-
BC, presented “Implementing a Nurse Leader Residency
Program to Improve Leadership Competency.” Ms. Stanton
is the CEO of Franklin Woods Community Hospital and a
member of TNA District 5.
District 5 continues to support the community, including
plans to donate funds to two local nonprofits in 2022.
Branch House Family Justice Center will receive its donation
in April 2022. Branch House is in Sullivan County and exists
to serve survivors of abuse through unified community
engagement, education, and collaboration. Family Promise,
which will receive its donation later in 2022, addresses
family homelessness, providing homelessness prevention,
emergency shelter, workforce development, education,
financial capability, health, and wellness. District 5 is proud
to support both organizations.
To celebrate Nurses’ Week, District 5 honored one of
its members as Nurse of the Year. The District 5 Nurse of
the Year Award was designed to honor an outstanding
nurse who embodies excellence in the nursing profession.
Nurses were nominated by their peers for a variety of
reasons, including nurses in the following roles: Clinical,
Administrative, Education, Non-Traditional Role, APRN.
The Nurse of the Year is someone who represents nursing
values such as compassion, kindness, knowledge, ethics,
and innovation.
District 5 is pleased to announce Dr. Gail Broyles
as District 5’s first recipient of the Nurse of the Year
Award 2022. Visit District 5’s webpage at https://tna.
nursingnetwork.com/page/94134-district-5
Raven Wentworth
District 6
President: Raven Wentworth
District 6 hosted a revitalization
meeting on April 21 at White Hall
on Union University’s campus.
Thank you to Dr. Harden and
Union University for supporting
District 6 nurses. Kirk Lawson,
TNA Executive Director; Julie
Hamm, TNA President; and
TNA’s Past-President, Carla
Kirkland, attended to show
support and encourage TNA
members and non-members.
District News continued on page 14