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Nurse Practitioners with a Specialty in Psychiatric Mental Health

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Tonya Turner, Associate Director for Clinical Services and registered dietician and nutrition specialist at the Weight Management Center at MUSC

         This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Joy Lauerer about the education, training and responsibilities of nurse practitioners who specialize in psychiatric mental health.  Dr. Lauerer is an Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing and she is the lead faculty for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Program at MUSC.

Bobbi Conner has been producing and hosting public radio programs for over 30 years. She was the longtime host of the national Parents Journal public radio program. Conner has lived in the Charleston area for over twenty years.