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Maureen Nanna Barron, MSN, APRN, B.C., CNA Maureen Nanna Barron is a distinguished member of the health care community in western Pennsylvania and presently serves as the community health nurse supervisor for Cambria, Somerset, Indiana, Armstrong and Butler counties. She is also an adjunct faculty member for the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing. During her career she has practiced nursing in a variety of settings. Most notably, she was instrumental in developing the first hospital-based home health care agency in the Johnstown area for The Mercy Hospital of Johnstown. This accomplishment led to her work as a consultant for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO). She served as a JCAHO faculty member for home health and presented JCAHO programs in several locations across the country. She was also one of the first 13 nurses in the country to accredit home health care agencies on behalf of JCAHO. All 13 were nurses with extensive home health and administrative experience. Professionally and personally, Mrs. Barron is active in the communities she serves. She serves on the board of directors for the Johnstown Free Medical Clinic, is a member of the Safe Kids Coalition (in both Cambria and Somerset counties) and the Cambria County Collaborative Board. In 1995, she received a Meritorious Service Award from then Governor Tom Ridge for directing Operation GuardCare in Cambria County in 1995. (Operation GuardCare was a community health screening program ) Mrs. Barron received her master of science in nursing from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a bachelor of science in nursing from West Virginia University and her nursing diploma from The Mercy Hospital of Johnstown. She also earned a bachelor degree in psychology from the University of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Barron is a member of Sigma Theta Tau-National Nursing Honor Society; was listed in Who’s Who in American Nursing and maintains board certification as a clinical specialist in Community Health Nursing. She is also certified as a nursing administrator. She is married and is the mother of one son. As a professional nurse, I have cared of many patients in pain. Pain affects the patient physically, emotionally, spiritually and psychologically. The "patient" in pain is the individual and his/her family. Caring for this patient demands a unique combination of the art and science of nursing and the compassion, patience and understanding of the nurse." The PAIN Foundation of Western Pennsylvania embodies these same qualities, and I am pleased to be called on to assist with the foundation’s growth and development for the benefit of the people in our region. I love being a nurse and feel privileged to be called on to help my patients.” |
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