The Surgeon General of the United States, Vice Admiral Regina Benjamin, M.D., M.B.A., recently accepted an invitation to meet with several students from the Doctor of Nursing Practice program (DNP) at the University of Miami (UM), to discuss nursing’s potential contribution to healthcare reform.
The meeting took place, while she was visiting the UM campus as a speaker, at one of UM’s commencement ceremonies. Dr. Benjamin received an honorary Doctor of Science degree and addressed graduates at the UM commencement ceremony for the Frost School of Music and Schools of Architecture, Communication, Education, and Nursing and Health Studies.
At the discussion, a group of students from the UM Doctor in Nursing Practice (DNP) program shared with Dr. Benjamin their innovative approaches to eliminating health care disparities through practice, based on evidence. Dr. Benjamin was…