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EPIC-NOLA turns 10, hosting an anniversary celebration
Early Psychosis Intervention Clinic New Orleans, also known as EPIC-NOLA, and its psychosis early detection campaign Clear Answers to Louisiana’s Mental Health host the fourth annual In My Mind benefit on Friday, Nov. 7 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Junebug, at 744 Camp St., New Orleans.
EPIC-NOLA, a program affiliated with the department of psychiatry at Tulane University, works to break down the stigma surrounding psychosis. Young people aged 16 to 25, high school and college-aged, are especially at-risk to psychosis, according to EPIC-NOLA.
General admission tickets are $150 per person, which includes food, an art exhibit, music performance and more, with an open bar.
Chalmette nursing director selected for nurse exam panel
Brittney Zaffuto, the practical nursing director at Nunez Community College in Chalmette, was one of 20 health care educators from around the country invited to Chicago as a panelist for the National Council of State Boards of Nursing Licensure Examination.
Zaffuto was approved by the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners to participate on the exam’s development. As an item writer, Zaffuto spent four days in Chicago offices writing questions for the examination…