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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (FIU) NICOLE WERTHEIM
COLLEGE OF NURSING & HEALTH SCIENCES

Lucie Dlugasch, ARNP-BC. MSN, PhD
Lucie Dlugasch is a clinical associate professor for graduate nursing at FIU Nicole Wertheim College of Nursing & Health Sciences. As a
long-time faculty member, she combines engagement and education to enhance the FIU nursing student experience. She introduced the
ProjectHOPE global health education and humanitarian assistance organization to FIU nursing students to give them valuable clinical experi-
ence working abroad on a medical ship.
The endeavor evolved into collaborations with the U.S. Navy on military-led humanitarian missions. She recently returned from Colombia,
where she led FIU nurse practitioner students to provide critical medical care, distribute vaccines and educate community health workers.
Lucie’s drive for change is most symbolized by the Analise Dlugasch Memorial Endowment, established by her family in honor of their daugh-
ter who passed away from a choking accident. The endowment supports FIU HEART, a CPR education program for FIU hospitality students
and professionals. Lucie earned her PhD
and MSN from the University of Miami
and her BSN from Florida State
University.
Ralph, who had a spinal cord injury,
with his rehabilitation nurse
Fariba Tamimian, RN, Patient Care II

Yvonne Parchment, EdD,
MSN, CS, CNE, ARNP

Yvonne Parchment is a clinical associ-
ate professor for undergraduate nursing
at FIU Nicole Wertheim College of
Nursing & Health Sciences. A military
veteran herself, she is a faculty member
for FIU’s VA Nursing Academic
Partnership program.
Her academic commitment to advance
gerontological nursing is evidenced in a
Health Foundation of South Florida
Faculty Development Award and her
tenure on Miami Dade College’s
Advisory Committee for the Institute for
Ethics in Health Care. Yvonne also works
with neighborhood churches to promote
health and exercise for the elderly,
prostate cancer awareness and con-
tributes to the Jamaican Diaspora
Community.
For your healing touch, and for everything you do. She takes her compassion overseas on
multi-disciplinary volunteer trips with
Happy National Nurses Week college faculty and students. She was
part of a group sponsored by the Florida
Association of Volunteer Action in the
Caribbean and Americas to work with
On behalf of all Memorial patients and their families, we have more than 3,800 Belize’s National Council on Aging and
St. Kitts and Nevis Ministry of Social
nurses to thank for their compassionate, patient- and family-centered care as
Justice to improve the health and quality
we heal the body, mind and spirit of those we touch. of life for seniors. Yvonne earned her
EdD at FIU, and her MSN and BSN at
University of Miami.

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