Tulane University Nursing Community Council

The Tulane University Nursing Community Council (TUNCC) members include stakeholders and industry insiders from healthcare facilities, community agencies, and organizations dedicated to New Orleans and southeastern Louisiana. TUNCC members support the new Tulane University School of Medicine Program of Nursing in creating and maintaining community partnerships to achieve its mission, goals, student learning outcomes and strategic vision. The committee serves as a strategic, action-oriented body that shares information and provides recommendations to ensure that the Program of Nursing is a leader in nursing education. A primary goal of the program is to prepare Registered Nurses with the skillset needed to respond to the healthcare needs of the New Orleans Metropolitan community that is embodied in a strong sense of civic responsibility to help drive better healthcare outcomes for all.

 

TUNCC Mission

  1. To serve as a consultative group of the Dean of Nursing providing the perspective of the stakeholders and community members on program goals, and strategic visions.
  2. To be an advocate for the program of nursing thereby increasing the program's influence and its link to diverse communities.
  3. To serve as ambassadors by promoting the Program of Nursing to prospective supporters in the larger community.

 

Members of our TUNCC

 

Deborah Bourgeois, APRN, CNS, CHPN, CSD

  Hospice and Palliative Care, Ochsner, New Orleans

Ruby Brewer, MSN/MBA, RN, NEA, BCE CNO/CQO 

  East Jefferson General

Toni Cascio, MSN, RN

  Retired Coordinator of Quality Improvement and Faculty Development, LSU Health School of  

  Nursing

Jennifer Couvillon, PhD, RN-BC, CNE

  National Director of Clinical Development President, Ochsner Health, LCMC Health

  Academic Coordinator Red Cross Volunteer Services

Bennetta Horne, PhD

  Assistant Dean Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Director of Office of Multicultural Affairs, 

  Clinical Instructor Department of Surgery

Elma LeDoux, MD, FACD, FACC

  Associate Dean for Admissions and Student Affairs, Peterman-Prosser Professor

  Tulane, School of Medicine 

CJ Marbley, MBA, BSN, RN CNO/COO 

  VP Nursing Operations UMC New Orleans, New Orleans East Hospital

Ecoee Rooney, DNP, RN, AFN-C, NPD-BC, DF, AFN 

Chief Nursing Officer Indicator Sciences

Meredith Whitten, JD, BSN

  Retired Office of General Counsel Tulane University