Health

Central Florida Black Nurses Association of Orlando Celebrates 40 Years of Service to the Community

     “In the summer of 1982, three nurses – Bernice Edwards, Susie Forehand, and Mercerdese Clark along with approximately 60 other nurses – met with the intent of organizing a Black Professional Nurses group as no such group existed in Orlando. Following two interest meetings, the group organized as Black Nurses Association with Mercerdese Clark serving as the chapter’s first president,” says Bernice Edwards. […]