Black Nurses Week

Black Nurses Week Black Nurses Week® is a movement. We honor our legacy, amplify the power of Black nurses, and create spaces for us to thrive, lead, and transform healthcare.

05/27/2026

CDC is asking for volunteers to help with Ebola screening… and healthcare workers are already asking the real question:

“How much are y’all paying?” 👀

After everything healthcare workers have endured, this is no longer about “answering the call.” People are calculating the risk, the burnout, the staffing conditions, the exposure, and whether the compensation matches the reality.

Because let’s be honest…
the “healthcare hero” title stopped paying bills a long time ago.

POLL ⬇️
How much would you accept to screen for Ebola?

🔘 $5K/week
🔘 $10K/week
🔘 $20K+/week
🔘 Not enough money to risk it

05/26/2026

🌟Black Nursing Excellence Spotlight🌟

💭What does Black Nursing Excellence mean to you?

“Black Nursing Excellence means showing up with compassion, and dedication every day while making a difference in our communities. As a new graduate nurse, it means a lot to be part of a legacy of Black nurses who continue to inspire, lead, and break barriers. I’m grateful to be entering this profession and excited for the impact I’ll make.” .0

05/26/2026

Comment “TULSA”

Maybe the real appreciation gift is finally being in a room where you do not have to explain the emotional weight of this profession to people who will never fully understand it.

A room where Black nurses can have honest conversations, build real connections, experience joy, and leave with something deeper than another appreciation item.

And because new spaces can feel uncomfortable alone, I decided to make this experience easier to walk into together.

Register by May 31 before early bird pricing ends and bring a plus one with you to Tulsa at no additional registration cost.

I’ll see you and your nurse bestie in Tulsa🖤

Comment “TULSA”

05/25/2026

A lot of Black nurses are reading this situation and immediately thinking about workplace culture.

Because healthcare likes to talk about patient safety, leadership, professionalism, and healthy work environments…

but the reality is, some nurses are navigating racism from the very people responsible for overseeing staff, evaluations, discipline, hiring, and workplace culture.

And by the time behavior like this becomes public, employees have usually already experienced the environment privately.

That is the part healthcare keeps avoiding.

🎥 :Brain Windle (FB)

05/25/2026

What if you’re not actually burned out…

but overextended, disconnected from themselves, and silently operating out of alignment?

Smiling.
Performing.
Leading.
Showing up for everybody else…

while feeling disconnected from themselves in the process.

At Black Nurses Week® 2026, Tiffany Gibson ( )is bringing a powerful conversation on Energetic Intelligence and how emotional intelligence and human design come together to help nurses protect their energy, set boundaries, and lead without losing themselves.

Because many nurses have spent years surviving environments that required them to disconnect from themselves just to make it through the shift.

This conversation is going to hit different.

Be in the Room with Tiffany in Tulsa.

🎟️LINK IN BIO or www.blacknursesweek.com

05/25/2026

Psychologically unsafe work environments do not always announce themselves loudly.

Sometimes the shift is subtle.

And before you realize it, you are overthinking every interaction, questioning yourself, feeling anxious before work, and trying to emotionally survive an environment that no longer feels safe for you.

This is why strategy matters.

Because moving emotionally in environments like this can cost you mentally, emotionally, and professionally.

And if this video felt personal to you…

then you already understand why these conversations need to happen.

Black Nurses Week® Conference 2026
Tulsa, Oklahoma
July 30 – August 1

Be in the room. 🎟️LINK IN BIO

05/25/2026

2nd COVID test is negative👏🏾

I still can’t smell or taste anything🤷🏾‍♀️

No other symptoms. Now, I’m on a quest to find the root cause.

Have you ever lost your sense of taste & smell? If so, what was the cause?

💊💉

If any of this felt familiar…….that’s a problem, and you know why these conversations matter.Too many Black nurses have ...
05/25/2026

If any of this felt familiar…….

that’s a problem, and you know why these conversations matter.

Too many Black nurses have become so used to psychologically unsafe environments and no guidance, strategy, language, or support on how to protect themselves while surviving it.

At the Black Nurses Week Conference, we will not be pretending these experiences do not exist.

We will be having real conversations about:
👉🏾 retaliation
👉🏾psychological safety
👉🏾survival mode
👉🏾workplace dynamics
👉🏾emotional tax
👉🏾protecting your peace without shrinking yourself

Because recognizing the environment is one thing.

Learning how to strategically navigate it is another.

“Restoring What’s Owed: Legacy, Reparations, and The Future of Black Nursing”
📍Tulsa, Oklahoma
🗓️July 30-August 1

🎟️www.BlackNursesWeek.com

Earlybird pricing ends May 31.

05/22/2026

I lost my sense of taste & smell AGAIN🫪

Do you think I have COVID?

05/21/2026

Part 2 of 2🫂

This is what happens when a nurse finally says out loud what she’s been carrying privately.

She is literally in tears before work.
Praying before walking into another shift.
Trying to gather the strength to keep going while silently carrying the weight of this profession.

The tears are not just about being tired.

For some nurses, this profession has become emotional, mental, and spiritual warfare.

Constantly pouring into others while silently running on empty.
Carrying the heaviness of toxic environments.
Praying for strength while feeling yourself slowly breaking down inside.
Trying to stay compassionate in spaces that have drained the life out of you.

And the scary part is how many Black nurses have normalized surviving like this.

Showing up anyway.
Smiling anyway.
Pushing through anyway.

Until the weight finally becomes impossible to hide.

This is what the heaviness of survival mode looks like.

Some nurses are emotionally and spiritually depleted from surviving environments that keep taking from them without restoring anything back.

And no amount of “self-care” can fix what constant survival mode is doing to people.

At some point, restoration has to become part of the conversation.

If you’ve had enough, Meet us in Tulsa.

🎟️LINK IN BIO

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