Friday, 26 March, 2010
New Orleans Nurse Practitioner, Dr. Scharmaine Lawson-Baker, Founder and CEO of Advanced Clinical Consultants, is the ideal Nurse Practitioner to profile during 2010 Women’s History Month. She has a rich and full professional lifestyle that is evolving and growing every day. Her medical House Call practice encompasses aspects of city and rural nursing. It may be said there are qualities of Frontier Nursing in her practice. She is a Nurse Practitioners’, Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Lawson-Baker is a Board Certified, Family Nurse Practitioner who has a Doctorate in Nursing Practice.
During our conversation she stressed the importance of networking and collaborative efforts among business owners and members of the nursing profession. This year she started her House Calls Residency Program.
The Residency Program provides the information and tools needed for NPs to incorporate a house call practice into their existing practice or to establish a free-standing practice. In addition to her residency program she has formed Geriatric Initiatives, Inc.,a non-profit agency which brings awareness and assistance to wise elders and the homebound of New Orleans, Louisiana. Read More…
Tuesday, 23 March, 2010
Registered nurses (RN) were part of the historic event which occured yesterday, when the Health Care Reform was passed. In keeping with that event I feel it is important for all of us to have a better understanding of the professional RN workforce in the United States. At the present moment, there is a need for nurses, primary care and geriatric care providers to care for an aging population( the fastest growing segment of the population). In order to precent an accurate account of the RN workforce in the United States I have written below an excerpt of the document, The Registered Nurse Workforce.
The Registered Nurse Workforce in the United States
As of March 2008, there were approximately 3,063,163 licensed Registered Nurses. This is a 5.3 % increase in the RN population from March 2004. Not all individuals holding an active RN license are employed in nursing. The number of employed nurses and the number of nurses employed full-time have both increased.
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Wednesday, 17 March, 2010
Lifestyle of the Famous Jacque Reid
Jacque Reid joins us on the Ladies Let’s Talk series. She is a well known journalist, television and radio personality who was the lead anchor for BET Nightly News from 2001-2005. You can find her at Jacque Reid Media, co-hosting the D. L. Hughley Morning Show, and on her latest venture the reality show Let’s Talk about PEP. You can tell Jacquehas a full and very busy schedule so it’s a pleasure to have the opportunity to speak with her. In addition, Jacque says it‘s more than just news, it’s about real life. We are talking about “real life” and lifestyle behaviors.
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