Karen Mercereau

CLINICAL PATIENT ADVOCATE including advanced medical sciences- As an independent RN Patient Advocate (iRNPA), I empower people in their healthcare through Advocacy, Education, and Guidance throughout the healthcare system. Education is the central tenet of my service. Understanding what is happening in your body is critical to obtaining the best options for the most positive health outcomes.
  
I assist people in understanding their clinical conditions and ensure that the most appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic choices are made by the best medical teams prepared to address those clinical conditions. I guide people through the maze of the healthcare system in order that they can obtain the most appropriate and helpful medical care possible. I advocate on people's behalves with their healthcare providers and also teach them techniques to advocate on their own behalf.
 
My services include a strong knowledge base in conventional medicine, Integrative and Functional Medicine paradigms, Systems Biology (the scientific understanding of the inter-connectivity of all parts of the body), and the Human Microbiome. All scientific evidence and options are presented.
MEDICATION SAFETY PROGRAM - this is a new service to protect you from pharmaceutical harm if you are taking more than one medication.  Harvard and johns Hopkins both agree that pharmaceuticals are the 4th leading cause of death in the US - prior to COVID. Learn how to protect yourself from dangerous side effects/warnings/precautions/ interactions.  

Marymount College of VA RN 1968
Independent RN Patient Advocate - iRNPA

In 2002, after 34 years of working in many capacities as a clinical RN and educator, I decided to directly address the worsening state of the healthcare system and the increasingly difficult path patients had to take to obtain their healthcare.
  
After reading every available national study about the widening gaps in the system, I learned that the situation was much more dire than I had suspected. It made great sense to me that what people could most benefit from was the advocacy services of a highly-skilled, experienced clinical RN.  As there was no model to follow or class to teach me, I decided to forge ahead and create a model of independent RN Patient Advocacy. Practicing solo for 7 years, the RN Patient Advocacy Process evolved and is still the most advanced RN based advocacy process in the nation. I continue to work with clients locally and nationally.
  
Working as an independent RN Patient Advocate is my own passion and the most highly gratifying role I have had in my decades of working as an RN.
Also, current research from Harvard and Johns Hopkins demonstrates that pharmaceuticals are the 4TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE US - prior to COVID.  Therefore, I have begun the MEDICATION SAFETY PROGRAM to teach people how best to protect themselves from harmful side effects/interactions of their medications and supplements.  

I have a very extensive knowledge base and a national network of experts in the fields of all scientifically validated medical paradigms: traditional western medicine, Functional Medicine, Integrative Medicine, and the fields of the Human Microbiome and Systems Biology.