Amanda L. Searle, APRN, NNP

Amanda L. Searle received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing  from Louisiana State University Medical Center in 1986. Amanda received her Masters in Nursing in the specialty of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner from Louisiana State University Medical Center in 1995. She is currently working for Infamedics, a physician’s group at Women’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. Amanda has also served as a consultant and guest speaker at several national conferences.

Penny Blanchard, APRN, NNP

Penny Blanchard earned her Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Nursing from Southeastern Louisiana University in May, 1985. In December 2005, she received a Master’s of Science Degree in Nursing from Louisiana State University, with a dual focus of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse Specialist. Penny has been certified by the National Certification Corporation as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner since July, 1996.

Cherie Bourriague, APRN, NNP

Cherie Bourriague received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana in 1995. Cherie received her Masters in Nursing in the specialty of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, LA in 2003. Cherie received her certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner from the National Certification Corporation April 7, 2004.

Lee Brown, APRN, NNP

Lee Brown received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1990. Lee received her Masters in Nursing in the Maternal Infant Nursing-Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Option from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1993. Lee received her certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner from the National Certification Corporation in 1994. Lee serves as the Neonatal Transport Coordinator for the Neonatal Transport Team for Infamedics.

Karen Borne Powell, APRN, NNP

Karen Borne Powell received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana in 1994. She then obtained her Masters of Science in Nursing in the specialty of Infant/Neonatal Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse Specialist in December, 1999 from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. Karen received her certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner from the National Certification Corporation June 30,2000.

Erin O’ Friel, APRN, NNP

Erin O’ Friel received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana in 1997. Erin received her Master of Science in Nursing in the specialty of Neonatal Nurse Practitioner from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama in 2006. Erin received her certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner from the National Certification Corporation in 2007.