
Nurses partner to care for rural Acadiana
The Fleur de Lis Community Clinic in Cankton averages between 50 and 55 patients each day. Most patients arrive at the clinic in cars or trucks, but bicycles, tractors, lawn mowers and occasionally even a horse can be seen in the parking lot. “This is a very rural population,” said Judy Guillory, FNP, MSN, RN. “A majority of our patients qualify for Medicaid, and they have nowhere else to go nearby.” Guillory and her partner, Angela Neely, FNP, MSN, RN, opened the clinic in 2

LA Center for Nursing unveils new workforce forecasting tool
Louisiana Center for Nursing (LCN), a division of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing (LSBN), recently announced it has developed a multi-regional, statewide nursing workforce forecasting model. Working with the consultants that developed the Northeast Ohio Nursing Initiative (NEONI) Forecasting Model, which was used as a template for Louisiana’s Model, LCN was able to develop one of the country’s most comprehensive tools for forecasting supply and demand within the nursing