November 22, 2002                                                                           
 

Dr. Alicia Georges Speaks to St. Croix Students

The University of the Virgin Islands Nursing Division presented a lecture by C. Alicia Watlington Georges, Ed. D, RN, FAAN, (pictured above center) as part of the Nursing Leaders Lecture Series. Dr. Georges, an educator, practitioner and community activist, spoke to St. Croix nursing students, faculty, and nurses from the community on the topic "Health Care in the 21st Century: Challenges for the Nursing Profession."

Dr. Georges, a native Virgin Islander, is the president of the National Black Nurses Foundation and chairperson of the department of nursing at Lehman College of the City University of New York. Her involvement in nursing spans over three decades. She holds licenses to practice nursing in New York, New Jersey and the Virgin Islands. In 1994 she formed CAG Home Health Services in the V.I. The business is approved as a continuing education provider by the Virgin Islands Board of Nurse Licensure.

St. Thomas Nursing Professor Trish Smith (pictured above right), an organizer of the event, said that challenges in the nursing profession include dealing with the worldwide nursing shortage and addressing issues such as the aging population, advances in new technology, access to health care, access to health insurance and disparities in health care for minorities.

The Nursing Leaders Lecture Series, sponsored by the Bennie and Martha Benjamin Foundation, seeks to bring to the Virgin Islands community American nursing leaders who are known and recognized nationally and internationally.  (excerpted from UVI press release)
 

Photo (L):  UVI Alumna Magda Finch with Dr. Georges

                                              Photo:  Students share lunch with Dr. Georges