Carey Nursing Student Receives Health Policy Award
Latrina G. McClenton of Terry, a student in the William Carey University nursing education and administration doctoral program, was recently awarded the Betty Dickson Health Policy Award by the Mississippi Nurses Foundation.
The purpose of the Health Policy Award is to increase the number and quality of registered nurses trained in health policy at the state and national level. McClenton will receive up to $2,000 in expense reimbursement in order to attend a national health policy meeting and conference of her choosing.
McClenton is a registered nurse working as the immunization director for the Mississippi State Department of Health. She received her bachelor's degree from Alcorn State University, a master of public health with an emphasis on health policy and administration from the University of Southern Mississippi and her master's degree in nursing from Carey.