Lobel Lurie is a nurse of 27 years who received her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree in June. As a Nursing Professional Development Specialist, she coordinates education for nursing staff across three hospital campuses. Her recent capstone project developed onboarding competencies for foreign-educated nurses in the U.S. to help address the cyclic phenomenon of nursing migration. She advises new nurses to take care of themselves first by having patience, forgiving mistakes, and recovering from difficult shifts in order to better care for patients and colleagues.

1. MemberSpotlightNovember,2016
Lobel Lurie, DNP, RN-BC, a nurse of 27 years, is truly inspired by the ability to fully engage in the
commitment to the patients RNs serve. Her true passion resides in caring for the future of safe, effective,
and efficient delivery of care.
Back home in the Philippines, Lobel graduated with a BSN in 1989. A few years into her career she came
to New York and eventually settled in North Carolina. Currently a Nursing Professional Development
Specialist II at Cone Health in Greensboro, NC, she is responsible for every heartbeat of patients on tele
boxes by coordinating the education of nursing staff in 16 department’s across three campuses.
In June of this year, she received her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the American Sentinel
University. “Crossing the stage to receive my DNP hood, reinforced my passion for nursing. It is the
culmination that my work as a nurse is beginning to be fully realized. Having the education and the
platform to be able to pass the best from the best,” Lobel shared with NCNA.
Through the years Lobel has learned that the humanistic aspect of nursing must be exercised in every
setting, at work, home, or community. As a foreign-educated nurse (FEN), she was faced with practice
difference, language barriers, medication management, and new equipment. Overcoming each one of
these was a long journey.
Recently Lobel completed her Capstone project in developing on boarding competencies for FEN within
the U.S. The Institute of Medicine in 2010 recognized the nature of nursing migration as a cyclic
phenomenon and we, as leaders in nursing must be equipped with the tools to address that. This strategy
for future delivery of care will be outlined in the November/December issue of Nurse Leader. She carried
that thought since 1992 and is thrilled to share it to the world!
Lobel’s Advice for a New Nurse: Take care of you first; you will be more effective in caring for your
patients and your colleagues. This includes having patience, forgiving yourself, and taking time to recover
from a bad shift.
NCNA thanks you for being a part of our community and for your passion for nursing, Lobel!