Nurses Advisory Board

The MGFA Nurses Advisory Board (NAB) comprises nurses concerned with the care of MG patients and nurses who specialize in neuromuscular diseases like MG. The NAB actively educates and recruits nurses through its continuing education programs and various professional organizations throughout the United States and Canada. The NAB is also active in writing and reviewing MGFA literature for distribution to patients and families. MGFA offers nursing research grants for those who qualify.

Nursing Research Grant:

These grants are awarded annually to nurses or nursing students interested in studying problems encountered by patients with MG or related neuromuscular conditions. Annual deadline for applications is April 1.

How to Plan a Continuing Education Offering for Nurses

The Nurses Advisory Board (NAB) is delighted to offer a detailed, step by step, set of directions on "How to Plan a Continuing Education Offering on Myasthenia Gravis for Nurses."
Please review the documents below for additional information.

How to Plan a Continuing Education Offering for Nurses (pdf)
Program Directions (pdf)
Sample Brochure (pdf)

 

How to Become a Member of the Nurses Advisory Board

If you would like to become a member of the Nurses Advisory Board, please download the application here.

 

Nurses Advisory Board Members:

Wilma Koopman, RN, MSc.N. ACNP, Chair, Nurses Advisory Board

Wilma is a nurse practitioner in an acute care London, Ontario hospital providing medical services to both hospitalized and ambulatory care individuals and families with neuromuscular diseases, since 1981. A Myasthenia Gravis Clinic has been established and patients are assessed on a regular basis. Wilma has collaborated on multiple research studies in MG including swallowing problems, fatigue and sleep apnea. She has authored many articles on neuroscience nursing including MS, GBS, and MG. She is co-author of the nursing chapter of the MGFA Health Professionals manual. Wilma lectures extensively on neuromuscular diseases locally, nationally and internationally. Her affiliations include Canadian, American and world associations/federations of neuroscience nursing (CANN, AANN, and WFNN). Certification in Neuroscience Nursing and as an Adult Nurse Practitioner (RN (EC) have been awarded. She is also an assistant professor in Health Sciences Faculty at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. As an advocate for patients and families with neuromuscular diseases and particularly MG, she is the current chair of the MGFA's Nurses Advisory Board. She also serves on the Board Development/Nominating Committee and the special Committee of Outreach/Programs.

 

Susan B. Fowler, PhD, RN, CNRN
Metuchen, NJ

 

Patrice Hood, DNP, ANP-BC, FNP, BC, AAE-C, CDE
Deer Park, NY

 

Natalie James, RN
London, UK

 

Marcia Lorimer, RN, MSN, CPNP
Durham, NC

 

Malissa Mulkey, MSN, RN, CCNS, CCRN, CNRN
Louisburg, NC

 

Archana Patel, CRNP, MS, BSN, BA
Baltimore, MD

 

Vilija Rasutis, RN
Toronto, ON, Canada

 

Marilyn M. Ricci, RN, MS, CNS, CNRN
Phoenix, AZ

 

Patty Riley, RN, BAN, CRNI
Duluth, MN

 

Arlene Stuckey, RN, MS
Birmingham, AL

 

Bernadette Lipscomb-Tucker, RN, MSN
Durham, NC
 

Anne Williams, RN, PhD
Leeds, AL

 

Judy Wilson, BA, RN, CNN(C)
Vancouver, BC, Canada

 

Carrie Wynn, ANP, CCM
Yonkers, NY