Laurie J. Anderson, MSN, RNP, CDOE

Laurie Anderson is a certified family nurse practitioner. In addition to coaching, she also maintains a part-time family practice in a rural health clinic serving a Native American population. She earned a bachelor's degree from Old Dominion University, and a master's degree in nursing from the University of RI. She is certified by the American Heart Association in advanced cardiac life support, by the State of Rhode Island as a Diabetes Outpatient Educator, and by the American Cancer Society as a Freedom From Smoking course instructor.

Laurie’s own personal involvement with diabetes and calling to become a nurse started at a young age. "My grandmother, with whom I shared the profession of nursing (in fact she inspired me to become a nurse), had type 2 diabetes. She and I were thick as thieves when I was a child and teenager."...