Barbara Gough, R.N., is a registered nurse at the Health Care District of Palm Beach County’s C. L. Brumback Primary Care Clinics’ Mangonia Health Center, where she works in the substance use disorder outpatient treatment program. In this role, she compassionately cares for patients, treating them with patience, dignity and respect as they work to overcome their battles with addiction. Her care and support for patients played an integral role in the Health Care District recently receiving a 2023 Florida Blue Foundation Sapphire Award recognizing the outpatient addiction treatment program. Gough has more than 30 years of nursing experience, with the majority of her career in addiction recovery centers in Pennsylvania and Florida. She attended Geisinger Medical Center’s School of Nursing in Danville, PA for her registered nursing diploma and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Addiction Studies from Alvernia University in Reading, PA, where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.
