About Me.
For over 4 decades I have been developing and practicing an integrative science-based personalized approach to health that treats the whole person, not just the disease process. My passion is to evaluate the variables affecting health like genetics, environmental exposures and lifestyle patterns. My academic degree credentials and career experiences are in the fields of Social Work/Psychology, Nursing, Functional Medicine and eventually I entered the UMC Deacon clergy program specializing in spirituality, theology and health within my community healthcare system and attended Asbury Theological Seminary. I continue to further my research by connecting with the Center for Theology, Spirituality and Health at Duke University Medical Center. The Center supports, trains and focuses on research, training, dialogue and scholarly discussions on spirituality, religion, and health as it relates to public health and the clinical practice. To learn more about the Center's vision, mission and accomplishments and future plans click HERE.
The culmination of my life's work is an unstoppable passion to study, teach and promote the miracle of what true healing & wellness should look like and has the potential to be achieved all the days of one's lifespan!
A functional medicine evidenced-based approach to a chronic disease preventative healthcare model and/or the integrative care of the body, mind and soul and /or acknowledging a patients spiritual, moral, ethical or (theology) does NOT replace a conventional physician (model) or the traditional allopathic model in its entirety but, should ultimately complement one another by empowering the patient, family and ultimately the community to re-evaluate and address chronic disease risk factors that can be prevented, reversed, mitigated or delayed to improve quality of life. Active lifestyle communities is the future and living long enough to enjoy your grandkids and great grandkids should be everyone's goal. Major stake holders in every community are medical facilities serving the members and education should be a top priority to decrease co-morbidities and early death.
Ture success is defined as wellness in every area of one's life and that can only come into existence by having the freedom to evaluate your life decisions utilizing a broad and deep global perspective of many great minds and thinkers across many academic fields of study as we integrate and share research, ideas and strategies for the common good of mankind, future generations and our planet!
The culmination of my life's work is an unstoppable passion to study, teach and promote the miracle of what true healing & wellness should look like and has the potential to be achieved all the days of one's lifespan!
A functional medicine evidenced-based approach to a chronic disease preventative healthcare model and/or the integrative care of the body, mind and soul and /or acknowledging a patients spiritual, moral, ethical or (theology) does NOT replace a conventional physician (model) or the traditional allopathic model in its entirety but, should ultimately complement one another by empowering the patient, family and ultimately the community to re-evaluate and address chronic disease risk factors that can be prevented, reversed, mitigated or delayed to improve quality of life. Active lifestyle communities is the future and living long enough to enjoy your grandkids and great grandkids should be everyone's goal. Major stake holders in every community are medical facilities serving the members and education should be a top priority to decrease co-morbidities and early death.
Ture success is defined as wellness in every area of one's life and that can only come into existence by having the freedom to evaluate your life decisions utilizing a broad and deep global perspective of many great minds and thinkers across many academic fields of study as we integrate and share research, ideas and strategies for the common good of mankind, future generations and our planet!
We Must Reduce Medical Errors
Health-care requires an integrative focused approach with the patient seated at the center. Seriously ill persons too often report they feel ignored, silenced or misunderstood in our modern medical institutions. Click here and here.
The most important part of any prevention strategy is to reduce medical error and cost. Click here, here, here & here to learn more.
A 2020 study showed that high medical mistakes with serious consequences are most likely to occur in the ICU, Operating Room, and especially the Emergency Departments (ED). Of those reporting that they experienced medical error - 73% indicated that were actually injured by the error. Mistakes in drug orders can be reduced by more than 80 percent when pharmacy professionals – in collaboration with physicians and nurses – take the medical histories of high-risk patients admitted through the emergency department, according to a recent Cedars-Sinai study.
Diet and nutrition are important modifiable factors that may alter the risk of developing cancer, click here!
Co-morbidities can be reduced with diet and evidence-based lifestyle changes, click here!
What is a DNP Nurse Practitioner
With chronic illness increasing in America, it is not typically a ‘one and done’ type of solution. Read More from NP NEWS
Job Outlook! Grow Nursing GROW!
Employment of nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners is projected to grow 40 percent from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations!
Congratulations to John Hopkins School of Nursing for leading the nation with their forward thinking DNP programs! One of my favorite is their DNP NURSE ANESTHESIA program! I cannot wait to see the impact my fellow critical care nurses will have on our healthcare system! Click here to learn about what it takes to enter the CRNA program!
For those of us who live in South Carolina, we are so thankful for this MUSC-led program that pairs board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners with patients in rural areas through telemedicine, which is filling a much-needed gap in mental healthcare in our state!
To date, Dr. Simone Chinnis DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-C and PARTNER have provided more than 1,600 clinical visits to rural South Carolinians!
Job Outlook! Grow Nursing GROW!
Employment of nurse anesthetists, nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners is projected to grow 40 percent from 2021 to 2031, much faster than the average for all occupations!
Congratulations to John Hopkins School of Nursing for leading the nation with their forward thinking DNP programs! One of my favorite is their DNP NURSE ANESTHESIA program! I cannot wait to see the impact my fellow critical care nurses will have on our healthcare system! Click here to learn about what it takes to enter the CRNA program!
For those of us who live in South Carolina, we are so thankful for this MUSC-led program that pairs board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners with patients in rural areas through telemedicine, which is filling a much-needed gap in mental healthcare in our state!
To date, Dr. Simone Chinnis DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP-C and PARTNER have provided more than 1,600 clinical visits to rural South Carolinians!
Partnering Together In Community Both Locally & Globally
