Winner of the Evelyn Barclay award, Nicole Rouhana, started her career over twenty-five years ago in Saudi Arabia as a Pediatric Registered Nurse. In 1996 she returned to school at Binghamton University to get her Masters and completed a post-Masters certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner enabling her to care for adults as well as children. Now pursuing her Doctorate at Bingham University Decker School of Nursing she is expanding her interest in rural health nursing. In addition to her studies, holding the title Clinical Assistant Professor, she is Director of the Nurse-Midwifery and Perinatal Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Program at SUNY at Binghamton.
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.