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FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY CHRISTINE E. LYNN
COLLEGE OF NURSING COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

Eugenia Millender, PhD, RN

Dr. Eugenia Millender is dedicated to increasing access to quality care, decreasing health and mental disparities, and providing a culturally-
sensitive environment for both patients and heath care professionals. Equipped with deep community connections and extensive clinical expe-
rience, she is able to not only provide quality care locally, but also bridge the gap of health disparities across state and international borders. Dr.
Eugenia Millender is the director for the FAU Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Community Health Center and program director for the HRSA
grant responsible for integrating Interprofessional Collaborative Practice strategies in the homeless and rural community in Palm Beach County.
At the FAU Community Health Center, she is responsible for providing the day-to-day structure and resources to assure successful operations,
and for working with community partners to develop innovative ways to care for the most underserved populations.

LOUIS AND ANNE
GREEN MEMORY AND
WELLNESS CENTER,
CHRISTINE E. LYNN
COLLEGE OF NURSING

NURSING

AN UNCOMPROMISING

DEDICATION TO HEALING

Commemorating Nurses Week 2017

María de los Ángeles
Beyond exceptional training and expertise, nurses
Ordóñez, DNP, ARNP-BC
at the University of Miami Health System share a
Dr. María Ordóñez is the Director of
the Louis and Anne Green Memory and relentless passion for healing the sick and comforting
Wellness Center, a part of FAU’s Christine
E. Lynn College of Nursing. She performs UHealthSystem.com the hurting. On this day, we honor them for their deep
initial comprehensive, memory-focused commitment to discovering and delivering better ways
assessments for older adults and partici-
pates as a member of a multidisciplinary to bring patients back to health.
team in enhancing continuity of care as a
response to the person’s lived experience.
Dr. Ordóñez also leads and facilitates
clinical practicum opportunities for stu-
dents of the College of Nursing and other
disciplines. She is an assistant professor
in the Practice Teaching track, engaged in
clinical practice, teaching, and research,
co-creating and sustaining healing envi-
ronments and relationships through car-
ing. Dr. María Ordóñez is a board certi-
fied Gerontological Nurse Practitioner
who specializes in caring for the older
adult through the diagnosis, treatment
and management of acute and chronic
conditions that are generally associated
with aging. Her practice experience
encompasses nursing rehabilitation facil-
ities and memory disorder clinics.

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