Tri-County Black Nurses Association

Pictured: Patricia Mack, Mary Brown, Earline Kinloch, Wanda J. Brown, Vivian F. Gathers and Fharen Grant (L to R)

Pictured: Dr. Debbie Bryant, Earline Kinloch, the late Dr. Ida Spruill and Patricia Mack (L to R).

TCBNA

In 1991, Tri-County Black Nurses Association (TCBNA) became a chartered member of the National Black Nurses Association. The organization was founded by a group of 12 nurses representing the Tri-County area of South Carolina. These courageous women came together out of a need to share their day to day experiences of working at a majority academic medical center and local hospitals, and to engage in collective opportunities to build relationships and develop strategies to respond to the health needs of underserved communities. The founding members are: Vermenia Aiken, Beatrice Burch (deceased), Debra Stoney Cohen, Susan Cook, Ada Golson, June Law, Denise Reed, Fairlyn Thompson, Laura Williams (deceased), Sharon Williams, Yolinda Zorn and Ida L. Johnson Spruill, PhD, RN, LISW, FAAN (deceased).

NBNA

The National Black Nurses Association (NBNA) was conceptualized on December 18-19, 1971. More than 40 years, later, NBNA has grown into a thriving non-profit organization representing more than 150,000 nurses and 83 chapters in the USA, Eastern Caribbean and Africa. NBNA provides a forum for collective action by minority nurses to investigate, define and determine the health car needs for minority communities, Our goal is to implement change and to make healthcare accessible and equal in minority communities to that of the larger society.

TCBNA - Presidents

Ida Spruill, PhD (deceased): 1992-1996

Patricia Mack: 1997 - 2000

Mary Brown, BSN, RN: 2000-2004

Rosalye Strickland, BSN (deceased): 2005-2007

Earline Kinloch, BSN: 2008-2011

Debbie C. Bryant, DNP: 2012-2014

Jannie Brown, BSN: 2014-2018

Wanda J. Brown, MS, RN: 2018-2020

Vivian Frasier-Gathers, BSN, RN: 2020-2022

Fharen T. Grant, MSN, RN-BC, CNL: Current President