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Biography
Carole L. Turner, RN, MN, CNAA
Director, Women Veterans Health Program
Carole
L. Turner is the National Director of the VHA Women Veterans Health
Program. She is based in VACO but spends a considerable amount
of her time traveling around the country visiting VA Medical centers
and presenting at conferences, seminars and women veterans fora on
women's health issues.
Carole
holds a BSN degree in Nursing from California State University and a
MSN degree from the UCLA School of Nursing. She is a Geriatric
Nurse Practitioner and is certified by the American Nurses
Credentialing Center as an Advanced Certified Nurse Administrator.
Carole
has been a professional nurse for over thirty years and has
practiced at West Los Angeles, Sepulveda, Long Beach and West Palm
Beach VA medical centers. She has years of nursing
administrative experience in long-term care, ambulatory care and
critical care nursing. She was a Captain in the US Air Force ,
stationed at Davis Monthan AFB in critical care. She holds a
lifetime health sciences education teaching credential and is a VHA
Primary Care and Education Nursing consultant.
She
is an advocate and champion on behalf of women's rights and has
testified before Congress on issues pertaining to women veterans
health.
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