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<span class="user-name "><span class="user-name__text">Catherine Luria</span></span>

Catherine Luria
NP, Retired

Portland, OR

Specialties

Family, Psychiatric / Mental Health


Details

Professional Achievements:
1)first nurse to receive prescriptive authority in WA state, and first in the USA to receive prescriptive authority from a totally autonomous Board of Nursing 2) named 2012 National Nurse Practitioner of the Year by AANP & Health Monitor - pioneer in NP movement 3) Pierce County (WA) Nurse of the Year
Favorite Thing About My Profession:
ability of use my scientific knowledge to solve problems, the challenge of complex psychiatric patients, the interpersonal relationships with patients, the opportunity to be creative in problem solving, the integration of traditional nursing knowledge with medical knowledge
Virtues:
inquisitive mind, creative, forward thinking, pioneer in NP profession

Education History

Graduate School of Nursing, NY Medical College
September, 1966 to May, 1968

Mary Washington College
September, 1962 to May, 1966


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