Azza Ezzat, FNP

Dr. Azza Ezzat DNP,RN, FNP-BC, despite not being a native Staten Islander, understands the needs and concerns of patients with culture-specific values and needs. She recognizes and embraces the bodys innate ability to self-repair and knows to employ self-healing mechanisms with the power of the mind. She is aware how thoughts and feeling can alter the bodys physiology. She also understands the negative impact of fear, anxiety, pessimism, and depression on the body. She is of the view that by providing a supportive relationship, authentic self-expression and self-efficacy can ignite the bodys self-healing process.
She is passionate to understand what makes people heal faster and pre-disposes them to illness. She has been studying and researching how physicians, nurses, and healthcare providers can better care for their patients by understanding the patients culture-specific needs and values and empowering them to care for themselves and express their needs and values.