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Updated: September 2019 |
This information has been provided by the
program itself and details may change without
being reflected on this website. Please confirm
details before registering for any program. |
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Sponsored or provided by: |
RN Patient Advocates,
PLLC |
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For students interested in: |
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Private Practice Advocacy or Navigation |
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Cancer Navigation
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Specialized Focus: This program will prepare
you to begin a private practice as an
independent RN Patient Advocate (iRNPA) |
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Covers:
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Medical / Navigational/Case Management
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Integrative Options
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Ethics / Best Practices
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Business of Advocacy
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Marketing and/or Career Counseling
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Legal and Insurance Considerations |
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Nurse Advocacy
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Clinically based
encompassing western, Integrative, Functional
Medicine paradigms, Systems Biology and Human
Microbiome |
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Location or Attendance: |
The Online
Component is 7 months. You will work in small
groups and have weekly online video conference
teaching sessions. The Residential Component is
7 days long and held at a Learning Retreat in
the mountains north of Tucson, AZ.
(See
calendar for upcoming schedule) |
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Time to complete: |
Online 7 months. Residential 7 days. |
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Tuition/ Fees/ Other Costs: |
$75 application fee,
tuition $6399 |
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Financial Assistance or other discounts: |
Not available. |
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Admission
Pre-requisites: |
Desire to be a Pioneer in this new practice
model for experienced Clinical RNs
A strong clinical knowledge base with a practice
of ongoing education; a demonstrated Life
Learner
An interest and initial knowledge base in
Integrative and Functional Medicine principles
and modalities
Well developed teaching and communication skills
The ability to function both independently and
assertively
An understanding of creative problem solving
using Critical Thinking skills
Experience, enjoyment and ease with internet
data mining
An active RN license with 5+ years of varied and
consistent clinical practice |
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Post Program Support: |
Yes |
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Additional Information: |
The Residential Component
includes lectures from leading medical experts
as well as Marketing and Legal consultants.
Practical application of the RN Patient Advocate
Process is the major practice element during the
Residential component.
The RN Patient Advocate Learning Intensive is
all-inclusive, enabling RNs who complete the
program to immediately begin to establish their
RN Patient Advocacy practices.
Graduates of the Learning Intensive are eligible
for membership in the National Network of RN
Patient Advocates, an association for continuing
education and mentoring.
"This program gives you
all the tools you need to pursue a career in
nursing that encourages collaboration, effective
communication, and true healing for you and for
the people you care for. Karen Mercereau,
creator of this program, is a force with a
vision so strong you cannot help but to jump in
and get to work. This is Purpose with Passion!"
Antra Boyd, RN, iRNPA
"Hold on with both hands!
Your life and nursing practice will be forever
changed."
Joe Barbee, RN, iRNPA
"I began the iRNPA program
to help patients make safe, informed decisions
regarding their care. I did not anticipate the
extremely positive effect it would have on my
own health and well-being. The program is
transformative. This is a Network of RNs who
will make a significant difference in healthcare
as we know it."
Amanda McGuire, RN, iRNPA
"In a year's time after
taking the RNPA Learning Intensive my career, my
health, my family, my very life has been
transformed. I am forever grateful."
Karen DiMarco, RN, iRNPA
"This has been an
outstanding training program. Karen has
partnered with top experts in their fields to
present a well organized, thorough and inspiring
array of educational topics that will prepare us
to change the face of healthcare in our
communities and beyond. Great program!"
Teri Dreher, RN, CCRN, iRNPA |
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Website and/or brochure: |
RN Patient Advocates
The RN Patient
Advocate Learning Intensive is to prepare
experienced clinical RNs to utilize the new
practice model of independent RN Patient
Advocacy which was initiated in 2002. This
Learning Intensive is endorsed by the American
Holistic Nurses Association.
The Online component covers the full utilization
of the RN Patient Advocate Process, a matrix
model that encompasses all scientific medical
paradigms as well as the Business, Marketing,
and Legal considerations involved in
establishing an independent RN Patient Advocacy
practice. |
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