Living Donor Kidney Transplant Recipient | DNP-Prepared Nurse | Advocate for Patient Empowerment A New Chapter in a Lifelong Mission After earning her Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree in December 2025, Dr. Valinda Bell-Jones is now actively seeking employment in the field she’s most passionate about—kidney transplantation. While she paused her professional work to pursue her studies, she never paused her advocacy. Her capstone project, conducted in partnership with Dr. Amy Waterman’s Patient Engagement …
