Erica Rogers, RN, is an experienced Gifted Travel Nurse who is focused on public health and community leadership. On July 27, 2021, The Gypsy Nurse hosted Rogers for a fantastic presentation titled, "Travel Nursing & Public Health: How to Be a Community Leader".
In this live event, Rogers shares her nursing journey and discusses how travel nursing offers endless opportunities to provide care. She discusses how to stay engaged as a caregiver. Through becoming a community leader on any travel nursing assignment, fight nursing burnout, and participate in the effort to end the COVID19 pandemic.
Watch the video below to see the entire presentation!
Erica knew from an early age that she was meant to be a caregiver. She drew inspiration from her aunt who spent a lifetime in service of public and community health. Then early on in her nursing career, Erica became committed to improving individual and public health on a large scale, quickly distinguishing herself as a leader and innovator in the nursing community.
Erica began her nursing career at Houston’s MD Anderson Cancer Center in 2008. After developing a close and lasting relationship with a patient in cancer treatment, she launched a peer-to-peer support system that helped patients and their families cope with this difficult process. Her initiative grew into The Braveheart Foundation, a humanitarian aid and relief organization with a mission to provide resources for healthcare development in communities around the world. Erica created and scaled the Braveheart Foundation entirely during her time working as a nurse. She has since recruited local clinicians to assist her in mission trips to Uganda to provide healthcare.
Erica became a member of Governor John Bel Edwards' Health Equity Task Force as COVID19 broke out in Louisiana. In this role, she has been providing best practices and recommendations for mitigating the spread of COVID-19 throughout the state.
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March 14, 2024