Archive for August, 2010
Speaking Event at NY City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene – Patient Empowerment
Tuesday, August 10, 2010 14:43 No CommentsBy Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
I’m excited to be a keynote speaker at the NY City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on October 5, 2010 in New York City.
I will be speaking at the Bureau of Tuberculosis Control–2010 Tuberculosis MD Seminar.
The topic of my speaking presentation is: “Patient Empowerment: Engaging Our Patients to Take [...]
Healthy Living: How to be Wildly Popular-Part 2
Thursday, August 5, 2010 14:58 No CommentsBy Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Part 1 of How to be Wildly Popular focused on where I found inspiration for writing this healthy living post.
Part 2 provides you with friendly simple tips to becoming wildly popular.
So, you want to be popular?
Be popular and happy within your own group of friends.
Who doesn’t (okay, there may be [...]
How to be Wildly Popular-Part 1
Thursday, August 5, 2010 14:52 No CommentsBy Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Inspiration for writing
I thought I’d share my latest post, The 3 Secrets to a Wildly Popular YOU, published on HuffingtonPost that appears in the Living News and Happiness section.
Thanks to all my HuffPost readers for their Twitter ReTweets and comments.
How to be Wildly Popular-Part 1
It’s amazing where inspiration comes from. [...]



Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA, is an award-winning journalist, media broadcaster, speaker, medical blogger, consultant, media trainer, and health expert. She is creator, executive producer and host of Health in 30® Radio Show. Barbara is a registered nurse active on the front lines of health care: She is a head nurse at a level 2 trauma center and covers multiple medical and surgical units, critical care, oncology, cardiology and step-down units, the psychiatric in-patient unit and the Women’s and Children’s units, pediatric ER and Barbara has many years experience covering the main emergency room. Her clinical experience ranges from oncology to general medicine and surgery.
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