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Rebecca Cagle,
program director,
with Farris Burns.
BRIDGING
THE GAP
NMMC fellowship helps new nurse practitioners
transition from classroom to clinical setting
Rosemary Marecle of Saltillo
had 42 years of tenure as a
registered nurse but was still
a novice as a nurse practitioner once she
completed her training at Mississippi
University for Women.
For her and many others, North
Mississippi Medical Center's Advanced
Practice Clinician Fellowship bridged
the gap from classroom training to reallife experience beautifully.
"Our goal is to transition nurse practitioners from the academic setting to the
private clinical setting. That's a big step,"
says Rebecca Cagle, PhD, who has been a
family nurse practitioner for 21 years and
oversees the program.
The fellowship recently became only
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the third program in the United States
to earn accreditation from the National
Nurse Practitioner Residency and
Fellowship Training Consortium.
Change of Course
Marecle earned her associate degree
in nursing from Northeast Mississippi
Community College, then worked for 10
years as a registered nurse before earning her bachelor's degree in nursing from
the University of Alabama at Huntsville.
Ten years later, she earned her master's
degree in nursing education from the
University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Marecle taught nursing at NEMCC
and MUW for 22 years combined.
Sixteen of those years, she also worked
part time at NMMC. She retired from
teaching in 2015. "I stayed home for
three months after I retired and decided
it was not for me," she says.
She completed training as a family
nurse practitioner at MUW in August
2016 and passed the national board certification examination, then enrolled
in NMMC's fellowship program that
October. "The thing I've always loved
about nursing is that it's continuous
learning," she says. "There's always new
procedures, new medications, new treatments. That's stimulating to me."
In Mississippi, nurse practitioners
are required to work 720 hours under
the direct supervision of a physician
or seasoned nurse practitioner while
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