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Dr. Lorilea Johnson, FNP-BC,DNP

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Nurse Practitioner Clinician/Medical Writer

I am a Family Practice Nurse Practitioner with 21 years of experience in urgent care/ER.  My previous nursing life included CCU, ER, telemetry floor, and nursing home. 

How I Work

I am a full-time clinician with a passion for health care and writing.  I want to use my skills bridge gaps between populations that can find greater success when brought together.  I freelance by word, hour, or poject.

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It is my heart's desire to be an influencer of healthcare on every level possible within my ability.  

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(573)579-1992

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I want to collect your stories

My goal is to write select, high quality pieces to pitch to respected forums. This is where I want to collect data and research for my topics of interest. I want you to tell me what you know. Share your insights with me. Here are some topics of interest to me. Leave me your pearls.

Let me see your work. Tell me what got you started. Tell me your inspirations. Tell me some history I don’t know. Tell me your stories, I want to know them.

The Military: Collector of
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Implementation of A Rapid Chest Pain Protocol

In this research study, a chest pain protocol was implemented in a walk-in clinic to risk stratify chest pain patients level of risk for a cardiac origin by using the Marburg Score. High risk patients were sent to the ER. Low risk patients were kept and treated in the outpatient clinic. The purpose of this study was to increase the clinicians confidence in decision making to retain low risk patients in outpatient settings.
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In Country: U.S. Nurses During the Vietnam War

In Country: U.S. Nurses During the Vietnam War

Young recruits were promised romance and adventure. The reality was hot, humid and gruesome.

The nurses who served in the Vietnam War are among the least recognized of American military veterans. Many films and TV programs about U.S. involvement in Vietnam do not depict a single American nurse.

In fact, more than 6,000 U.S. nurses — the large majority of them women — served in Vietnam during the war. Some didn’t make it home alive, and many other

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