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Grant Funding
Congratulations are in order for the following faculty members and their recent grant funding:
Marsha Bennett, DNS, APRN, ACRN, CNE, Professor of Nursing, was awarded $36,423 from the Louisiana Board of Regents Proof of Concept Funding to create mobile applications for the Cornerstone
of Cultural Competency During the Disaster Cycle Program. Co-principal investigators are Denise Danna, RN, DNS, NEA, BC, CNE, FACHE, and Stephanie Pierce, PhD, MN, RN, CNE.
Laura Bonanno, DNP, CRNA,
New to Our School
Please welcome our new faculty and sta :
Stephanie Bush, MSN, APRN, CCRN, CPNP-AC, Instructor-Adjunct Adele Harrell, MSN, RN, Instructor-Full-time
Jolie Harris, DNS, RN, Instructor-Part-time
Mariah H. Jackson, FNP-C, Instructor
Nanette A. LeBlanc-Morales, DNP, FNP-BC, Instructor
Linda M. Ledet, DNS, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, Assistant Professor
Mickey Pigg, MA, Academic Success Coordinator
Shondra C. Sears, Administrative Coordinator 3, in the Nurse Anesthesia Program Lori Spradley, School of Nursing Designated Librarian
Jamie L. Wiggins, RN, MS, CCRN-K, NEA-BC, FACHE, Instructor-Adjunct
Rick Zimmerman, PhD, Associate Dean for Nursing Research, Scholarship and Science
Program Director of the Nurse Anesthesia Program, was awarded $56,973 in stipend support for the Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship program.
Latanja Divens, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC,
Instructor of Nursing, was awarded $1.3 million in funding from the Advanced Nursing Education Workforce. The funds will be used to create academic practice partnerships for the Family Nurse Practitioner and Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner programs, enhancement of simulation experiences for these programs, and scholarship support for students enrolled in these programs. Team members include Erin Bauer, DNP, CRNA; Jean Cefalu, PhD, APRN, AGPCNP-C, CWOCN, CFCN, CNE;
Dr. Barbara Doucet (Occupational Therapy-AH); Annette Hurley-Larmeu (Auditory-AH); Jessica Landry,
DNP, FNP-BC; Susan Lee, FNP; and Michele Lowery.
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