RN Bio
About Aila Accad, RN, MSN
With 40 years of education and experience in the areas of nursing, personal and interpersonal growth, Aila Accad synthesizes huge amounts of information into simple principles and effective tools & that everyone can use! Aila is a registered nurse, with Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Nursing. She is a Certified Well-Being Coach, EFT-Advanced Practitioner, Reiki Master and founder of LifeQuest International, LLC, which specializes in unique self-growth techniques that produce profound and lasting results. People who attend Aila’s life-changing seminars call them “Powerful” “Inspiring” and “Fun.”
Known as the ‘The De-Stress Expert’, Aila has articles published in research journals and books. She created Breaking the Perfection Myth: Step-by-step guide to personal freedom – video and action guide, The De-Stress ToolBox™- a 4 DVD Live Workshop and Action Guide, Guided Meditations ~ Volume One - a Six CD set, ‘The De- Stress Schools Program’, and ‘De-Stress & Lead for Nurses’.
She is past President of the West Virginia Nurses Association, past Board member of the Charleston Area Chamber of Commerce, recipient of Business Woman of the Year Award, and designated Distinguished Toastmaster by Toastmaster’s International. Her biography appears in Who's Who in American Nursing and Who's Who of Women Executives
Products:
Ten Instant Stress Busters, e-book
The De-Stress ToolBox™, 4 live workshop DVDs and De-Stress Guide
Breaking through the Perfection Myth, video workshop & workbook
Guided Meditations, Volume One, a six CD set of guided meditations
De-Stress Tips & News, monthly e-zine
Radio and news interviews
Charleston Gazette, June 4,2007
"Finding Center"
Link to the article
Beyond the Measuring Cup on AM 1620
Radio Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA
Radiosandysprings.com 5/3/07 11-12 AM
Download the interview
Publications:
Accad, A (2008). Nurse De-Stressing Tips Part 3 –The Emotions”, WV Nurse, Vol. 11, Number 2, May – June - July, 2008, pp 4-5.
----(2008) “Nurse De-Stressing Tips Part 2 –The Mind”, WV Nurse, Vol. 11, Number 1, February-March, 2008, pp 4-5.
----(2007), “Nurse De-Stressing Tips Part 1 – The Body”, WV Nurse, Vol. 10, Number 4, November, December, 2007, January 2008, pp 4-5.
(Written under previous name)
Banonis, B. (1995). Metaphors in the practice of the human becoming theory. In Parse, R. Illuminations: the human becoming theory in practice and research, National League for Nursing Press, New York.
------ (1989). “The lived experience of recovering from addiction.” Nursing Science Quarterly, Spring
------ (1988). “Networking a nurse consulting business.” Nurses Network, Winter, 22-5.
------(1987). “The occupational health nurse and the Vietnam Veteran: integrating theory into practice.” AAOHN Journal, 35, (2), 65-8.
------(1981). Grounded research study on factors of family strength. In Family Strengths 3, roots of well-being, University of Nebraska Press.
------(1978). The community health nurse as an agent in primary
prevention. In National Center for Alcohol Education, The
community health nurse and alcohol related problems, Rockville,
MD: NIAAA.
Feature writer for nursetogether.com
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Professional Nursing Positions:
LifeQuest International – Professional speaker, trainer, author and well-being coach – 1978 to present
President, WV Nurses Association
Adjunct Faculty, WV University School of Nursing
Instructor, WV University School of Nursing, RN to BSN Program
Satellite Instructor for the WV Consortium for Nursing Education
Founder, WV Nurse Care Network, Peer Assistance Program
Employee Assistance Professional and Addiction Counselor
Occupational Health Consultant, State of Delaware
Public Health Nurse, Wilmington, Delaware
Head Nurse, Autistic Children's Research Unit, Eastern Pennsylvania School & Hospital
Professional Nursing Memberships:
American Nurses Association, 1969 to present
Sigma Theta Tau, National Nursing Honor Society
American Holistic Nurses Association
Recent Health and Education Clients:
American College of Nurse-Midwives
Charleston Area Medical Center
Edgewood Summit, Independent & Assisted Living Programs
Fort Hill Child Development Center
HospiceCare Incorporated
Kanawha County Schools
Lewis County Schools
National Association of Social Workers
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Piedmont Behavioral Health Conference,North Carolina
WV Health Care Association
WV Nursing Leadership Institute
WV Nurses Association
WV State University
WV University, School of Nursing
WV Women Infant Children Program
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