Avalon Soulette Brown RN, BSN

Avalon Soulette Brown is from Newark, New Jersey. She earned her L.P.N. from Essex County Tech in 1983, A.S.N. from Essex County College in 1992, and B.S.N. from Regis University in 2017. She belongs to the American Nurses Association. Avalon Brown has over 40 years of experience in nursing. During her first 18 years, she worked as a post-op GI/GU nurse. For the next 20 years, she worked in the field of dialysis. While working in the dialysis field, she held several titles. (Charge nurse, Anemia Manager, Kidney Transplant Designee, Infection Control Nurse, Vascular Access nurse, Urea Clearance nurse, and three years as a clinical manager.) She finds joy in comforting those in their time of need. Her goal has always been to make sure her patients are getting the best care they can get. Her major challenge has been nursing management, which ultimately prompted her to write a book about her challenges in nursing. But with God as her help and remembering her father's words, "Never Let Them Make You Quit," which will always be her famous quote that she passes on to others. She is how she has overcome all her obstacles. One of her goals was to start a Home Care Agency when she retired. In addition to her nursing career, Avalon is an author and a co-author of six anthologies. With two children, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, she has written numerous books using her grandchildren as the characters, including "That Needle is Not for Me," "Mommy, Why Do I Have a Cold," "My Dad & the Big Machine," "Ben There's a Mouse in the House," and "The Church That I Love," "Ja'Quay The Fearless Ant Leader." "God You Sent Us Those Birds" She has also written "Avalon's Spiritual Poetry" and a memoir entitled "It Was the Devil All Along." (based on her nursing career.) She earned her L.P.N. from Essex County Tech in 1983, my A.S.N. from Essex County College in 1992, and my B.S.N. from Regis University in 2017. She belongs to the American Nurses Association. After working for over four decades, Avalon has retired as of April 2023. She will keep busy doing the things she loves, including going to church, outdoor activities, arts and crafts, and writing books.