CAMILLE PAVY CLAIBOURNE, RN, PhD, is a nationally recognized expert in nursing and management, a healthcare consultant and a former board president of Hospice of Acadiana, based in Lafayette, Louisiana. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for the MBA and nursing graduate programs. She holds a PhD in human and organization development, with emphasis on thanatology, the study of death and dying, and a master’s in organizational behavior, both from the Fielding Graduate University. She earned a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She lives in Lafayette, La., with her husband.
