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Monica Tennant

Bio

Monica is a Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist for 4 Piedmont hospitals in the greater Atlanta area. She develops, implements, and evaluates educational initiatives for hospital staff through a HRSA Comprehensive Geriatric Education Grant. Monica has taught at both graduate and undergraduate levels at the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing at Georgia State University and precepts Clinical Nurse Specialist students. Monica has presented her research locally on Modifiable Cardiovascular Risk factors and presented her poster on Comprehensive Geriatric Education at STTI in Cancun July 2011.

Specialties:

  • nursing

Affiliation:

  • Sigma Theta Tau International

Location:

Activity

  • Sharecare News
    Sharecare News posted a story about Nursing:
    Doctors Reluctant to Expand Nurse Practitioners' Role: Survey

    WEDNESDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) -- The United States has a shortage of primary care doctors, and some policymakers want to fill the gap by expanding the role of nurse practitioners. But the two professions are engaged in a turf war over who can do the job better, a new survey finds.

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  • Monica Tennant
    Monica Tennant of Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered:
    How will health care reform affect nurses?

    Interestingly, the Affordable Care Act is changing nursing at many levels. There are 4 Advanced Practice Nurses [APN] (Clinical Nurse Specialists [CNS], Midwives [CNM], Anesthetists [CNRA], and pratitioners [NP]) but not all were recognized in all 50 states of our nation. Since the Affordable Care

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  • Monica Tennant
    Monica Tennant of Honor Society of Nursing (STTI) answered:
    What is a clinical nurse specialist?

    The National Association for Clinical Nurse Specialists (NACNS) defines a Clinical Nurse Specialists ( CNS ) as a  "licensed registered nurses who have graduate preparation (Master’s or Doctorate) in nursing as a Clinical Nurse Specialist.

    Clinical Nurse Specialists are expert clinicians in a spe

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