{"id":71845,"date":"1999-04-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-04-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/cristiana-delossantos-wins-scholarship\/"},"modified":"1999-04-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1999-04-28T00:00:00","slug":"cristiana-delossantos-wins-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/1999\/04\/cristiana-delossantos-wins-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiana Delossantos wins scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — April 28, 1999 — Cristiana Delossantos of Providence, who is in the master\u2019s degree program at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing, has been awarded the Robin Gaines Memorial Scholarship. The $1,500 award was presented at the New England Regional Black Nurses 23rd Annual Spring Conference in Randolph, Mass., on April 23. 溏心vlog免费B站 Professor of Nursing Norma Jean Schmieding nominated Delossantos for the award. \u201cCristiana has good clinical experience, strong academic ability, and a commitment to serving disadvantaged people,\u201d says Schmieding. \u201cShe has much to offer to the profession of nursing.\u201d \u201cI want to work with disadvantaged people because I know how much support they need to better their situations,\u201d says Delossantos. It is something she knows first-hand. Her parents immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic, and never learned to speak English. Delossantos often translated for them, and she remains acutely aware of how difficult it is for people to receive adequate health care when English is their second language. A one-time high school dropout, Delossantos began to turn her life around after earning her general equivalency diploma. She subsequently earned her associate\u2019s and bachelor\u2019s degrees in nursing. Meanwhile, she accumulated impressive clinical experience in nursing. Of particular note is her work in addressing HIV infection and AIDS prevention. Currently, she works full-time at Women and Infants Hospital, where she provides nursing outreach and services on the Providence Family Van, which does health screenings in local neighborhoods. After a stint at The Providence Center, Delossantos grew interested in mental health nursing. \u201cI found the work fascinating,\u201d she says, \u201cand there is so much need.\u201d Delossantos expects to receive her master\u2019s degree in the spring of 2001. Already, she is being recognized for her expertise. Recently, she participated as a panelist on the topic of \u201cbarriers to care\u201d at the New England Minority Health Conference in Providence. No matter what her future career, it\u2019s safe to say that where there\u2019s a need, Delossantos will be there to provide support and advocacy for those who need it. For more information: Ann MacDonald, 874-2116\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. — April 28, 1999 — Cristiana Delossantos of Providence, who is in the master\u2019s degree program at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing, has been awarded the Robin Gaines Memorial Scholarship. The $1,500 award was presented at the New England Regional Black Nurses 23rd Annual Spring Conference in Randolph, Mass., on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}