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Family Nurse Practitioner, Denise M. Linton, DNS, FNP-BC, will be Highlighted in the Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare

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The International Nurses Association is pleased to welcome Denise M. Linton, DNS, FNP-BC, to their prestigious organization with her upcoming publication in the Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare. Denise M. Linton is a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Educator currently working as an Associate Professor and Nurse Practitioner within the College of Nursing and Allied Health Professions at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Featuring over three decades of experience in nursing, she is a specialist in family practice, distance nursing education, and perianesthesia nursing.

Dr. Linton gained her Diploma in Nursing in 1986 from the University of the West Indies School of Nursing in Kingston, Jamaica, becoming a Registered Nurse. An advocate for continuing education, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree, Summa Cum Laude, in 1996 from Medgar Evers College in New York, followed by her Master of Science in Nursing Degree and Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate from Columbia University. Dr. Linton then obtained her Doctor of Nursing Science Degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center  in New Orleans.

Throughout her long and successful career Dr. Linton has worked in many areas of nursing, in increasingly senior positions. She is a distinguished member of the American Nurses Association, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties and the Nurses Christian Fellowship, and she attributes her success to her strong faith. When she is not working, Dr. Linton enjoys reading, gardening, listening to music, and dancing. She has also participated in medical missions to El Salvador and the Dominican Republic.

Learn more about Denise M. Linton here: http://inanurse.org/network/index.php?do=/4137354/info/ and be sure to read her upcoming publication in Worldwide Leaders in Healthcare.
Direct link:  https://www.prnewschannel.com/2017/07/05/noteworthy-family-nurse-practitioner-denise-m-linton-dns-fnp-bc-will-be-highlighted-in-the-worldwide-leaders-in-healthcare/

SOURCE:  International Association of HealthCare Professionals

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