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Introducing Nichole, a Nurse Practitioner Resident!

Introducing Nichole, a Nurse Practitioner Resident!

This week we are introducing a Nurse Practitioner Resident, Nichole Mitchell. She had many adventures before pursuing a career in quality primary care as an APRN and choosing CHC’s residency program. Read her bio below to learn more:    As a teenager I went on two formative medical trips to Haiti and the Dominican Republic that kick started my path to becoming a medical provider.  I graduated from University of Notre Dame in ’06 where I did a joint thesis (with…

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Introducing the Nurse Practitioner Residents!

Introducing the Nurse Practitioner Residents!

CHC has welcomed another class of Nurse Practitioner Residents to our program this fall! They will be gaining experience throughout the sites while bringing their new perspectives. There are ten residents at our sites across Connecticut, but for the first time CHC is also remotely-hosting a program for four NP Residents in Washington State, at the Yakima Valley Farm Worker’s Clinic and Columbia Basin Health Association. We will be introducing them all on the blog here every other Thursday, as…

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Nurse Announcement , Nurse Award and Nursing Accolades

Nurse Announcement , Nurse Award and Nursing Accolades

The following is an email from our President and CEO, Mark Masselli and our Senior Vice President and Clinical Director, Margaret Flinter, adapted for the blog: Greetings, Today, amidst much celebration about nursing here at the Health Center and around the country we are proud to announce that Mary Blankson will become our new Chief Nursing Officer. Mary who has been working at CHC for over eight years and most recently has been the OSMD for New London County will…

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Nurses Leading the Way

Nurses Leading the Way

The following is an email from our Chief Nursing Officer, Bernadette Thomas, adapted for the blog: Good Morning, As you know, we are in the midst of celebrating National Nurse’s Week, which runs annually from Tuesday, May 6th through Monday, May 12th. This year’s theme, “Nurses Leading the Way,” is especially appropriate at this time, and especially for our nurses at CHC. Nurses at CHC are always leading the way to realize the highest quality patient care. In the last…

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Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Elizabeth Scott

Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Elizabeth Scott

Meet Elizabeth Scott, a Nurse Practitioner in Residency at CHC, Inc.! –          Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? I studied International Development at McGill University in Montreal as an undergraduate. I did my RN certificate and Masters in Nursing at Yale. Between the two degrees I spent a couple of years working in public health in South Sudan, and then a year working at a drop-in center for homeless men in Toronto.  –          What about joining CHC…

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Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Krishna Kothary

Nurse Practitioner in Residency Profile – Krishna Kothary

Meet Krishna Kothary, a Nurse Practitioner in Residency at CHC, Inc. !  –          Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? University of Iowa – Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Global Health Minor; Johns Hopkins University – Masters of Science in Nursing & Masters of Public Health –          What about joining CHC most excites you? To be around a group of passionate individuals working for the same cause! –          If not seeing patients/serving at CHC you would rather be _____________? I…

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