Week 7 NR717

Hello, state officials of the Mississippi State Department of Health

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I am ........., MSN, BSN, RN, a current doctoral candidate and a seven-year registered nurse serving the public at a small hospital, Moore’s Park Memorial. I am a nurse manager on a step-down intermediate care telemetry unit. As a doctoral candidate, I am working on my doctorate in nursing practice in Healthcare leadership at Chamberlain University. Over seven years working as a floor nurse, I have had the opportunity to travel and work at various hospitals and volunteer at a local clinic for uninsured patients who live within a marginalized community before taking a nurse manager position. Occasionally, I still do volunteer work and set up clinical sites with other skilled healthcare workers to serve the needs of the public. My focus is ensuring access to care, protecting funding for core public health programs and services, and eliminating health disparities for those within the impoverished community with a high prevalence of hypertension leading to cardiac disease....... Continue