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…
The lomi lomi technique is a well known healing art to some individuals and it has a fascinating history. The Kahuna lomilomi were masterful healers. Their traditional healing methods were forced underground during the 1820′s but remained alive through observation and the orally transmitted word that is known in African tradition as griots(or guewel in Wolof). Read More…
One of the mainstays of a wellness lifestyle is the intake of wholesome, nutrient rich foods In moderation. However, with the advent if multitasking, web 2.0, throw away mentality versus repair, quest for ‘more’ things and money, there was also a decline in the production and distribution of wholesome foods. Organically grown vegetables are pesticide free, yet they cost more than other fresh vegetables.
With the decline in the economy, my neighborhood grocery stores have stocked and advertise more sugar laden, salty, simple carbohydrate foods that ever before. So what is the solution for quick weight loss? Eliminate some foods from your meal plan and reduce your intake of others. Go to see the documentary film, Food, Inc and thenyou can decide on one quick dietary lifestyle strategy to implement into your everyday routine.
The film is scheduled to be in theaters in NY on June 12, 2009
