A Lil' Bit About Me

Denetra is the founder of For Nurses By Nurses Productions, a media platform that includes a global health initiative, a digital magazine, and film production platform. Denetra's work is focused on the development of the future nurse scientist, through a lens of diversity, global health and scientific story-telling.

She is a 22-year Navy Veteran, and a former United States Naval Nurse Corps Officer. Her professional background consists of a Bachelors of Science in Nursing, and a Masters in Health Services Administration.

She has experiences in Medical-Surgical, Orthopedics, Post-Anesthesia, Critical Care, Ambulatory Surgical, Clinic Management, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Emergency Management, Medicare-Medicaid, The Joint Commission Regulations, and Education.

An innovator, Denetra has committed her work to the development of a forward-thinking, diverse and business-minded nurse leader.  Having studied diversity abroad, Denetra attended a mission trip to Chile and Argentina that allowed her to participate in group think tanks with diverse nursing and medical executives as well as speak on panels to nursing students at the Universidad Finis Terrae and Hospital San Jose, in Santiago Chile.

A Producer of Film, Denetra released her first mini-documentary on the The Black Angels: A Nurse's Story of African American Nurses who risked their lives to care for patients with tuberculosis at Seaview Hospital, when white nurses refused, and there was no cure. Her newly released film, Year of The Nurse and Midwife: A Film Project, is a riveting narrative that gives homage to the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale and the culture of nursing.

A global health influencer, nursing historian and leader, Denetra is committed to raising the voice of the role of diverse nurse scientist and why it is important to global health.

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Global Health Champion

Working To Empower

Health Equity

Where I Have Been Speaking

Denetra speaks on Leadership, Entrepreneurship,

Diversity and Inclusion, and Global Health Strategies