NightinGala: Meeting the Deputy Surgeon General of the United States

October 9, 2017

Abigail Wilpers, a YSN PhD student (pictured second from the right), attended the NightinGala in Washington DC where she met Sylvia Trent-Adams, the Deputy Surgeon General of the United States (middle). The NightinGala is an annual event hosted by Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research (FNINR) to promote and support nursing research and advance the mission of the NINR. “FNINR supports research-based nursing practice by educating nursing professionals and the public about the advances made through nursing research and its benefits to patients, families, the community, and the delivery of health care.” Abigail was invited by the Robert Wood Johnson Future of Nursing Scholars Program.