Starting her career as a nurse and nurse-midwife on the island of Saipan, Kristen VanderEnde then moved with her family to Kenya where she did volunteer work for a year, It was her experience in these places with women without economic resources to provide them with health care that prompted her to do her part in advocating justice for women in healthcare globally. She is now in her fourth year as a Doctoral student at Emory University. Her research interest is in community-level factors related to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). She is particularly interested in this area of Bangladesh, particularly its rural areas.
NEF’s only purpose is to provide nursing scholarship assistance to make graduate level nursing education possible. NEF is one of the largest, national, private, professionally endorsed source of funds for advanced nursing study with over one hundred years of service to and for professional nursing.
NEF’s Board of Directors is comprised of leaders from nursing, education, technology, and business communities. Members donate their time and talent to the advancement of the nursing profession. NEF operates with exceptionally low overhead. NEF employs only one individual who serves in several capacities. NEF is a non-profit organization with 501(c) status; thus, your contributions are fully tax-deductible.