La Monica Hunter
2013-2014 Winner | Master’s Degree
This year the Miriam Powell Scholarship went to La Monica Hunter, who has chosen to study in the Nursing MSN-Nurse Educator Program at Chamberlain College in Naperville, Il. La Monica, mother of three boys, has spent the last five of her twelve-year nursing career caring for neonates. As a Clinical Nurse IV in the Duke Regional Hospital Special Care Nursery, she currently serves on four councils: The Nursery Patient Council, Quality Council, Education Council, and The Health System Charge Nurse Council. Her long-term plan is to study in an adult education PhD program with special focus on health professions.
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Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established by nurses for nurses in 1912, and since then, the organization has awarded over 1,500 scholarships to support the pursuit of advanced degrees in nursing.
NEF’s named scholarships, created with a minimum donation of $50,000, honor and memorialize nurse leaders, from Isabel Hampton Robb to Thelma Schorr to Susan Bowar-Ferres. 100% of donations help to keep NEF scholarships funded in perpetuity; organization expenses are covered by prudent management of NEF’s investments.