Mississippi - 2013 MS Nurses Association Annual Convention

2013 Mississippi Nurses’ Association Annual Convention
Nursing and as a past MNA/MASN Advisor. In addition, she is the immediate past
president of the Pi Xi Chapter of STTI and serves on the Board for the Delta Cotton
Belles, a service organization whose goal is to provide breast education and programs
in the Delta. In 2013 Debbie received the MNA/MNF Nightingale Nursing Faculty of
the Year Award.
Statement of Intent:
As a member of the Mississippi Nurses Association (MNA) for over 25 years,
Debbie has served the nurses of Mississippi as a member of the MNA Nominations
Committee, the Health Affairs Committee, District 21 President , and both MNA
and ANA delegate. She has witnessed and been involved with MNA at several tiers
of involvement. Debbie has also had the honor to serve on several committees for the
Mississippi Nurses Foundation (MNF) including the Nightingale Committee and the
Car Tag Stipend Scholarship Committee. Her past and current involvement allows
her to understand the necessity of membership growth in the development of our vital
organization. If elected vice-president, Debbie will continue to develop and improve
communication between members, the Board, the districts, and our nursing students
throughout the state in an effort to bring in new members. She feels the leadership of
the past two years has made positive and meaningful strides towards restructuring our
membership for the future. Debbie plans to achieve new membership goals and to help
guide MNA›s future initiatives for the nurses and patients of Mississippi.
Dallas Rodgers, MSN, FNP
Biographical Profile: Dallas M. Rodgers is from Clarksdale, and currently practicing as a Family Nurse
Practitioner (FNP) at her own clinic. She graduated with her Bachelors of Science
in 2003 from Baptist College of Health Science. In 2006 she obtained her Masters
in Science of Nursing from the University of Memphis with a focus in FNP. Prior
to opening her own practice she worked in the emergency department at Methodist
LeBonheur Hospital of Germantown from 2005-2010, as well as working part-time
for Olive Branch Family Medical to keep current on family practice. In 2010 when
she initially moved back to her home town of Clarksdale she worked for Warrington
Clinics. With this group, she rounded on hospital patients, treated patients in the
Quitman County Emergency Room, saw patents in 3 rural clinics and rounded on
nursing home patients and geri-psych patients. Recently Dallas and her business
partner opened a second clinic in Hernando, MS.
Statement of Intent:
As a nurse practitioner in a standalone clinic, Dallas hopes to be able to mentor to
other NPs with similar goals. The Vice President’s primary responsibility is to manage
recruitment and membership for MNA. She considers the goal of increasing MNA
membership by the end of 2014 a challenge that she wants to meet as well as exceed. As
a new member to the board Dallas hopes to bring creative and beneficial ideas to the
table. Membership starts at the district level and she hopes to reach out to all districts
to educate on the importance of MNA membership and the unity as a profession.
Dallas is an energetic, hard working female who wants to make a difference for the
nurses in the State of Mississippi. A benefit of being a business owner is the flexibility
of her schedule. She wants to be engaged in the future of nurses in Mississippi. She has
advanced practice experience in family practice, emergency room care, nursing home
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