{"id":3871,"date":"2022-09-30T10:07:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T14:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/nephrology-hypertension\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=3871"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T19:01:38","slug":"lazarina-baez-martinez-np","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/nephrology-hypertension\/people\/lazarina-baez-martinez-np\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazarina Baez Marinez, MSN, APRN, FNP-C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW240343042 BCX4\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW240343042 BCX4\">Lazarina<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240343042 BCX4\"> Baez Marinez, <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229976410 BCX4\">MSN<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229976410 BCX4\">, APRN, FNP-C<\/span><strong>, <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW240343042 BCX4\">received 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