Taura L. Barr
Dr. Taura L. Barr is an internationally recognized Nurse Scientist and Entrepreneur with expertise in stroke, head injury and heart disease. Her academic discoveries resulted in one issued patent and multiple provisional filings. In 2012, she co-founded Valtari Bio to bring to market a point of care blood test for triaging suspected stroke patients. In February 2013 she had a pulmonary embolism with multiple complications. During her recovery, she discovered a way to re-create her life to not only survive but thrive in all of her professional and personal roles. Since her health scare, Dr. Barr has maintained her CSO role in Valtari Bio, is an active member and fellow of the American Heart Association, consults with nurse scientists, entrepreneurs and academic institutions and continues to publish and present her research in peer-reviewed settings.
Because she was eager to help others like her, Dr. Barr took her personal journey and combined that with her professional expertise and passion to build Deep Roots Healing LLC. Dr. Barr’s life mission is to create a person-centered, integrative, holistic approach to brain and heart disease recovery, guided by person specific needs on a continuum. She strives to educate, inspire, empower and coach nurse entrepreneurs and leaders, enabling them to reach their full leadership potential in their home, work and community environments regardless of the challenges they may face. She is an inspirational speaker and an accomplished book co-author. She is currently working on a second book that describes her personal health challenges and how she has overcome them to thrive in her professional and personal life.
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The new LPN to BSN program at the College of Nursing was designed for LPNs to obtain their BSN. Three current students, James Williams, Toni Hall and Colleen M. Barrett, shared with us about their experiences in the program.
As wounded victims came pouring into the civilian hospital in Kharkov after the Ukraine war began in February 2022, Artem Riga initially was the only surgeon on duty. Some colleagues were fleeing the country and others were delayed because of the intense shelling. Doctors had to ration food and medical supplies, performing surgery in body armor, with sandbags on the windowsills of the operating room. A sudden attack significantly damaged his hospital and left patients covered in broken glass and other debris. Amid this chaos, Riga had to teach patients to care for their own wounds.
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