{"id":5874,"date":"2021-08-16T06:39:36","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T12:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/?p=5874"},"modified":"2021-12-10T15:31:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T21:31:42","slug":"nursing-major-veronica-bernaba-receives-bluecross-blueshield-power-of-we-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2021\/08\/16\/nursing-major-veronica-bernaba-receives-bluecross-blueshield-power-of-we-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing Major Veronica Bernaba Receives BlueCross BlueShield Power of We Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/news.belmont.edu\/nursing-major-veronica-bernaba-receives-bluecross-blueshield-power-of-we-scholarship\/&amp;title=Nursing Major Veronica Bernaba Receives BlueCross BlueShield Power of We Scholarship\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.belmont.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Veronica-Bernaba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/722694.smushcdn.com\/1292217\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Veronica-Bernaba-696x1044.jpg?lossy=1&amp;strip=1&amp;webp=1\" alt=\"Veronica Bernaba\" width=\"219\" height=\"329\" title=\"Veronica Bernaba\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior nursing major Veronica Bernaba was recently selected as one of six 2021 recipients of the BlueCross Power of We Scholarship. The scholarship, funded by the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation, awards $10,000 to outstanding minority students pursuing careers in the health care field with a goal of helping to reduce health disparities by improving diversity in the state\u2019s health care workforce and combating systemic racism and injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bernaba has been on a clear path to health care, but there have been obstacles. This scholarship will allow her to reach her goals without worrying about financial support. \u201cI understand what it\u2019s like to be affected by health disparities and what it\u2019s like to feel underrepresented and not have anyone advocate for you,\u201d Bernaba said in a video in BlueCross\u2019s announcement. \u201cI want to be that type of nurse that evokes change in her community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To do that, Bernaba said you have to understand your patients\u2019 lives in order to treat their bodies holistically. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn nursing school, we\u2019re learning that some blood pressure medications won\u2019t work for certain ethnicities,\u201d Bernaba said. \u201cYet often, providers are unaware of a patient\u2019s ethnic background \u2014 how they eat, how they live. They don\u2019t understand that a patient can\u2019t take their medication properly because the directions on the label are in English and they only speak Spanish. But understanding is important. We have to remember, every day, that the person we\u2019re taking care of is a human being, not a diagnosis or disease.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This scholarship will allow Bernaba to continue volunteering at a local non-profit clinic focused on serving immigrants, refugees and low-income populations, a place close to her heart as her family immigrated to Nashville from Egypt when she was just a few months old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to her scholarship, Bernaba received a gift package for the coming school year which included a MacBook computer. Read more on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bcbstnews.com\/insights\/2021-bluecross-power-of-we-scholars-advocate-for-representation-mental-health-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BlueCross BlueShield\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior nursing major Veronica Bernaba was recently selected as one of six 2021 recipients of the BlueCross Power of We Scholarship. The scholarship, funded by the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Foundation, awards $10,000 to outstanding minority students pursuing careers in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/2021\/08\/16\/nursing-major-veronica-bernaba-receives-bluecross-blueshield-power-of-we-scholarship\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chs","category-nursing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5874"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5921,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5874\/revisions\/5921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forum.belmont.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}