Elicia Baker-Rogers, DNP, RN, COHN-S, AHN-BC, CCM, LMT, BCTMB, ADS
Elicia Baker-Rogers has over 36 years of professional nursing experience. She received her Doctor of Nursing Practice – Integrative Health and Healing (DNP-IHH), from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN in May 2017. She completed her MS (Occupational Health Nursing) and BSN degrees at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
She is a 20-year Veteran of the United States Navy, Nurse Corps. Her distinguished leadership positions in the military encompass: Director of Public Health Services; Department Head of Occupational Health; Department Head of Wellness; Department Head of Case Management; and Department Head of Performance Improvement. Her military assignments include: two tours overseas in Guam and Rota, Spain; a humanitarian mission to Africa (Ghana and Senegal) as the sole Community Health Nurse; and four state-side tours in San Diego, CA; Charleston, SC; Camp Pendleton, CA; and Cherry Point, NC.
Dr. Baker-Roger’s personal military awards include the Meritorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), and Navy Achievement Medal (two awards), as well as various unit awards, campaign and service decorations.
Additionally, Dr. Baker-Rogers is Board Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (BCTMB) and has been a licensed massage therapist for 16 years. She is also an Acudetox (auricular detoxification) Specialist (ADS).
She presented her DNP Scholarly Project: “Reducing Nurses’ Occupational Stress using Aromatherapy as an Integrative Nursing Intervention: A Journey in Process Improvement”, at the Second International Integrative Nursing Symposium, Tucson, AZ in April 2017, and as a Poster Presentation at the American Association for Occupational Health Nurses Conference in Reno, NV in April 2018. She holds professional memberships in American Association for Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN), American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA), Case Management Society of America (CMSA), Sigma Theta Tau-International Honor Society of Nursing, National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (NADA), and the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA).
Dr. Baker-Rogers is a member of the Board of Directors for the Veteran Suicide Prevention Channel, and is passionate about working with fellow Veterans, and other aggregates, using integrative nursing modalities for health and healing.