Antiqua
Smart,
DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PHNA-BC
Assistant Professor
Loyola University
College of Nursing and Health
Dr. Antiqua Smart is a board-certified family nurse practitioner/advanced public health nurse currently working full-time as an assistant professor at Loyola University New Orleans of Nursing in the graduate nursing programs. Dr. Smart serves as the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners Political Action Committee Co-Chair, Past Immediate Chair of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Determinants of Health Special Interest Group (SIG), and Second Co-Chair of the NONPF Health Policy Education SIG. She is also a member of the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Editorial Advisory Board.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Lightning Talk Description: Telepractice is a generic term that includes telehealth, teletherapy, teledentistry, telemedicine, telenursing, and telecare. Telehealth, the use of electronic information and telecommunication technologies to support person-centered and client-facing virtual clinical care for people and animals, has been linked to improved access to care, quality of care, and health outcomes, and reduced cost of care. Traditionally viewed as a tool to improve access to care for individuals and families living in rural and frontier communities, temporary pandemic-era telehealth…