A Chat with Health and Wellness Expert, Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA

In this segment of Rare Sense Thoughts, Harry will be interviewing health & wellness expert, Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA. Barbara is the Executive Producer & Host of Health in 30 Radio Show, Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Healthin30.com, Media Coach, Media Spokesperson, Web/TV Host, Speaker, Blogger and a Registered Nurse. Here are some more highlights from her illustrious career as a health and wellness professional: •Award-winning journalist, media broadcaster, media spokesperson, media trainer and creator/executive producer/host of Health in 30® radio show, a 30-minute live health show and she is the founder and editor-in-chief of Healthin30.com. •Received the prestigious Journalism Award of Excellence for Coverage of Emergency Medicine from the American College of Emergency Physicians. The winner, “Ins and Outs of the ER." •Administrative head nurse at a level 2 trauma center and covers multiple medical & surgical units, critical care, the inpatient psychiatric unit, women and children’s units, pediatric emergency department, and she is multifaceted in her clinical experience. •Expert contributor to Healthandwellnessexpert.com where she writes and records 60 second audio on vital health topics and she was selected as a guest blogger for Healthcommentary.org, Helpchangehealthcare.com and Healthcare.com. •Speaker at many professional health conferences, and she was selected as faculty to teach at the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Medical Communications Conference in Tampa, Florida in April 2007 and in San Diego, CA, April 2008. She was elected to the Board of the National Association of Medical Communicators, a member of New York Women in Communications and she is a member of the Association of Health Care Journalists. Barbara serves on the Academy of Judges for the International Health Medical Media Awards (FREDDIE Awards), and she is the creator/host/executive producer of Health in 30® and Nurses in Motion™ for Web/TV.