Meet Our Writers

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Lynette Cox, RNC, MSN

Lynette Cox, RNC, MSN, graduated in May 2003 from the University of Hartford with an MSN degree in management. She is currently working as a charge nurse at Hebrew Home and Hospital in West Hartford, Connecticut.
Luis Clemens

Luis Clemens is a free-lance writer who specializes in covering the African American, Asian American and Latino communities.
Lt. Colonel Beulah Nash-Teachey, RN, BSN

Lt. Colonel Beulah Nash-Teachey, RN, BSN, also holds a master’s degree in nursing. She serves in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and is a member of the Greater Washington (D.C.) chapter of the National Black Nurses Association.

Lowanda Dent, PhD, RN, CANP

Lowanda Dent, PhD, RN, CANP is an adjunct faculty member who teaches in the online family nurse practitioner program at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia. She would like to hear from other nurses who are interested in sharing their own experiences as students in online education programs. Contact her at lwdent@knology.net.
Louise Kaegi

Louise Kaegi is a Chicago-based free-lance writer specializing in health care, ethics and cultural competency.
Lorrie R. Davis-Dick, MSN, RN, BC

Lorrie R. Davis-Dick, MSN, RN, BC, is a clinical assistant professor at North Carolina A&T State University School of Nursing in Greensboro, N.C. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing.
Lorraine W. Jackson, Ph.D., R.N.-B.C., C.N.S.

Lorraine W. Jackson, Ph.D., R.N.-B.C., C.N.S., is a Clinical Nurse Specialist/Educator at the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center in Augusta, Georgia. She recently earned her Ph.D. in Human Services from Capella University. Lorraine is passionate about geriatric and caregiving issues.

Lorraine Steefel

Lorraine Steefel, DNP, RN, CTN, is a professional writer and an adjunct assistant professor of nursing at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (Newark, N.J.) and at Kean University (Union, N.J.). She is an honorary member of the PNAA New Jersey Chapter.
Lorraine Rodrigues Fisher, Ed.D., M.A., M.S.N. and Sara Torres, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.

Lorraine Rodrigues Fisher, Ed.D., M.A., M.S.N., is the Program Director of the School of Nursing at Walden University. Sara Torres, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N., is the Associate Dean of the School of Nursing at Walden University.

Linda Parry, BSN, RN

Linda Parry, BSN, RN, is a nursing instructor in the Practical Nursing Program at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida.

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