About Us

Officially:

We are a 501(c)4 non-profit legislative advocacy organization; therefore, your contributions are not tax deductible. As a citizen based organization we depend upon your support and help.

• Name of Non-Profit Corporation:  The National Nursing Network Organization
• Taxpayer ID Number:  20-3865653

Mission Statement:

The National Nursing Network Organization is dedicated to insuring that the same quality of health care afforded to past generations of Americans is available to future generations. Our mission is to promote, encourage, and support the implementation of the Office of the National Nurse and other projects that promote wellness and disease prevention. The National Nursing Network Organization supports the creation of opportunities for licensed practical and registered nurses to work together to solve our country’s health care crisis and improve the health of all Americans.

The work of the National Nursing Network Organization is focused on:

• establishing an Office of a National Nurse to complement the work of the U.S. Surgeon General, filling this position from among the ranks of the existing USPHS nurse leaders.
• building a network of volunteer teams of nurses and other health professionals who will promote, encourage, and support nationwide efforts that focus on wellness and disease prevention.

The National Nursing Network Organization invites you to visit www.nationalnurse.org and join the grassroots efforts underway to assure that the Office of the National Nurse become a reality.

Executive Board:

Teri Mills MS, ANP, CNE, RN
President

Teri Mills graduated from the College of San Mateo with an Associate Degree in Nursing in 1973. She worked as a charge nurse on a medical-surgical floor before going on to complete her BSN at Sonoma State University. Following graduation, Teri was hired to teach nursing at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon. She was subsequently hired as a nursing faculty member in 1979 for Portland Community College (PCC) in Portland, Oregon. Teri continues as faculty in the nursing program.

In addition to teaching, Teri also works as a nurse and nurse practitioner for Multnomah and Washington County’s Health Departments. She graduated from the University of Portland, where she focused her graduate work on primary care of the adult and a minor in nursing education.

Teri received an excellence in teaching award from PCC in 2000. She has planned and carried out numerous volunteer activities in her own community, and is a trusted supporter of many political candidates. Teri was appointed by Governor Barbara Roberts to serve on the Oregon Sexual Offenses Against Children Task Force and was a member of the Bradley Angle House, a shelter for abused women. Teri authored “America’s Nurse”, which was published in the New York Times on May 20^th, 2005. Teri co-authored Office of the National Nurse-Leadership for a New Era of Prevention, published February 2007 in Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice.

Teri is a long-time member of the Oregon Nurses Association, the American Federation of Teachers-Oregon, the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, the National League for Nursing, the American Women in Community Colleges, and she recently joined the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing as an Associate Member. >> TOP <<

Terri Polick RN
Vice-President

Terri graduated from Lake View Medical Center School of Nursing in 1978, and is a published author living in Maryland. She is currently working as a psychiatric nurse at a local community hospital, and as a freelance writer. Terri is a frequent contributor to Nursing Spectrum Magazine, Advance for Nurses, the Maryland Nurse, and she writes a weekly column about nursing leadership for Nursingjobs.org.

Terri has always helped the people of her community through public service. She has volunteered her time to help the homeless at Jude’s House in Champaign, Illinois. Terri also serves her community by giving testimony before lawmakers about nursing issues when the Maryland State Assembly is in session. Terri is currently enrolled in school, and is working towards a degree in journalism. >> TOP <<

Alisa Schneider MSN, RN
Secretary

Alisa Schneider has practiced as a registered nurse for 17 years, specializing in pediatrics. She is a graduate of Portland Community College’s Associate Degree Nursing Program in Portland, Oregon. She then received her Master’s of Science in Nursing Administration from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia where she taught nursing and worked in the Center for Health Policy, Research and Ethics on emergency preparedness curriculum for nurses. Alisa was awarded a Certificate of Nursing Education in Virginia and now practices as a nurse educator for Portland Community College in her hometown of Portland, Oregon.

Alisa is devoted to advocating for nurses and in Virginia led legislative activities to further nursing involvement in workforce issues and health policy. Her concern for nursing issues worldwide inspired her to travel to Romania and Barbados to work as a nurse and nurse educator. She has worked as a grant writer for the March of Dimes and served on the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Metabolic Disorders in the District of Columbia. She has lectured extensively on various topics related to pediatrics, nursing in foreign countries, and emergency preparedness for nurses, as well as ethical and legislative topics. Alisa co-authored Office of the National Nurse-Leadership for a New Era of Prevention, published February 2007 in Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice.

Professional organizations that Alisa belongs to include American Federation of Teachers-Oregon, the National League for Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International Society of Nursing, the American Association of Women in Community Colleges, and the Oregon Consortium of Nursing Education. >> TOP <<

Susan Sullivan MSN, PHN, RN
Board Member

Susan Sullivan has worked full time in PH Nursing in Orange County, California for the past 20 years. After completing her BSN at California State University, Los Angeles and her MSN at Loma Linda University, Susan worked for 10 years as Nursing Supervisor in a large acute hospital and taught nursing at Long Beach City College. Then she took a five-year hiatus to remain home raising her children. When she resumed nursing, she decided to accept a position in public health right at the beginning of the HIV epidemic. Her leadership experiences in the acute hospital and teaching helped prepare her for the challenges she would find waiting in community nursing.

The next decade found Susan working in public health, and with the American Red Cross at the local, state and national level in HIV prevention and education efforts. Basic nursing skills coupled with graduate education and teaching experience were invaluable in her work with schools, businesses and providers to author and implement HIV Prevention programs for youth and at-risk populations. Most recently her broad base of experiences has been beneficial in her role as Public Health Training coordinator as she works with students and develops programs to guide professional development of PHN staff and mentor new nurses and other personnel in public health. Susan comes from a long family tradition of nursing, following in the footsteps of her mother and her grandmother, both of whom she feels would be proud to know she is actively promoting the campaign to create an Office of the National Nurse.

Susan is a member of the American Public Health Association, the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing, and the Southern California Public Health Association.  >> TOP <<