Wallena Gould, C.R.N.A., M.S.N., is the founder and chair of the Diversity in Nurse Anesthesia Mentorship Program (www. diversitycrna.org) and a member of Minority Nurse’s editorial advisory board. She is also a doctoral candidate studying education at Wilmington University. Wallena can be contacted at crna4u@ comcast.net.
To learn more about the CRNA admission process, rigors of the program, clinicals, didactic courses, Board preparation, and doctoral opportunities, nurses can attend the next Diversity Information Session, to be held on October 23, 2010, at the Duke University of School of Nursing. Register online at www.diversitycrna.org.