"An Evening with the Nurses" program gives Milwaukee residents a chance to learn about getting and staying healthy
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing’s Silver Spring Community Nursing Center’s popular “An Evening with the Nurses” program gives Milwaukee residents a chance to learn about getting and staying healthy. The free series, started in Spring of 2005, offers wellness and healthcare tips on a wide variety of topics at the Silver Spring Neighborhood Center. These informal, informative and enjoyable evening feature discussions lead by faculty and staff from UWM’s College of Nursing. The “Evening with Nurses” program is also supported by the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority’s Z-HOPE (Zetas Helping Other People Excel) program which provides the refreshments, door prizes, child care,planning and outreach services essential to the success of these group health promotion programs.
“Evening with Nurses” topics focus on adult wellness and illness prevention, the mission of the UWM Community Nursing Centers. The series provides a venue for CON Faculty and Staff to bring expert health information to community residents in this northwest Milwaukee neighborhood in an accessible and acceptable way.
Sandra Underwood, PhD, RN, FAAN has spoken in previous years about Breast Cancer Awareness.The discussions have educated community members about breast health and the importance of getting regular mammograms as well as conducting regular breast self-examinations for early breast cancer detection.
Other topics have included Women and Depression-focusing on the symptoms of depression as well as the ways in which depression can affect one’s life and the lives of loved ones. Also,“Wind, water, and food: How do they affect our health?”This event included free mercury screenings and the latest on environmental health risks of mercury and eating fish, air quality, lead, and pesticides.
Carol Calvin, RN, MS, from Comprehensive Health Education, Inc., Jefflyn Eaton from the Young Women of Color Council of Planned Parenthood and Patricia Stevens, RN, PhD, a UWM HIV/AIDS researcher engaged a group of community members from 20-75 years of age in a personal and informative discussion about AIDS.