About Us

About nudus essentia

Nudus Essentia IV Infusion Lounge, LLC was developed with the understanding that the Mind, Body and Spirit need balance for people to feel their best. The owners of Nudus Essentia have worked together as a team from different disciplines for several years, caring for the well being of individuals with different medical and mental health needs. They have observed in each of their practices, that most people do not get all their nutritional needs to enhance the mind-body-spirit balance.

At Nudus Essentia, the combination of services are the key to their client’s overall wellness.If the mind doesn’t feel good, the body hurts. If the body is ill, the mind and spirit feel down or fatigued.

Personal care such as physical activity, sufficient sleep and adequate nutritional health are often overlooked and underrated, yet are the most important core ingredients for optimal health and wellness. So Why IV Infusions? Nutritional health is often the most sacrificed and can be the hardest to balance. IV infusion provides up to 90% of absorption versus only 30% when vitamins are ingested by mouth.

At Nudus Essentia, the focus is to provide a safe and effective way to holistically enhance overall well being. Enhancing energy, immunity, mood, and skin, strengthen muscles and joints, improve athletic performance and recovery, and speed up recovery after surgery or injury and to promote overall health and balance.

Our passion

for wellness can lead you to a place of optimal health through our IV nutritional therapy infusions and injections and our beauty services can help you gain confidence. Our goal is to replenish, rejuvenate, and revitalize the mind, body, and spirit so you can feel and function at your best. Our convenient, comfortable and compassionate approach, combined with service excellence can leave you feeling renewed, energized and balanced. Ready to live life in a state of Nudus Essentia!

Our motto, Nudus Essentia means to live naked or naked essence. Be your natural self; be true to your self!

Taking care of your whole being, living naturally, and genuinely is Nudus Essentia!

Our passion

For wellness can lead you to a place of optimal health through our IV nutritional therapy infusions and injections. Our goal is to replenish, rejuvenate, and revitalize the mind, body, and spirit so you can feel and function at your best. Our convenient, comfortable and compassionate approach, combined with service excellence can leave you feeling renewed, energized and balanced. Ready to live life in a state of Nudus Essentia!

Our motto, Nudus Essentia means to live naked or naked essence. Be your natural self; be true to your self!

Taking care of your whole being, living naturally, and genuinely is Nudus Essentia!

The Nudus Providers

Kerry Taveira, DNP, MBA, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Kerry is co-founder/owner of Essentia Nudus IV Infusion Lounge, LLC. She is a board-certified nurse practitioner (NP) in Adult Psychiatry/Mental Health and Adult Health. Kerry is certified in Neurotoxins and Dermal Fillers by the Aesthetic Mentor. and is a member of the Medial Aesthetic Associates. For more information about Kerry see below.

Maryanna Nicoletta

Maryanna is a licensed cosmetologist and certified in many aesthetic treatments. She has 17+ years experience in the beauty field. She calls New Jersey and Fall River home. She seeks out to use the most natural and safest  products.

 “I believe what goes in and on your body is important”

You will also find Maryanna right down stairs from Nudus (it’s how we found this gem) in her hair styling boutique, Hearth and Hair Styling Boutique.

Sadie Almeida BSN, RN

Sadie has been a nurse for 10 years, primarily in an emergency room setting. She has a love and passion for wellness and promoting the beauty in others. She took a leap of faith and conjoined her love for helping others with her passion for beauty by immersing into aesthetic nursing. She has undergone numerous neurotoxin and dermal filler trainings with the Audrey Rose Institutue. Her goal is to help clients achieve their aesthetic goals without an overdone, unnatural appearance. “I believe in a “without a trace” philosophy when it comes to aesthetic treatments.”

Racheal Elmetto BSN, RN

Racheal has been in the medical field since 2003 and a nurse for over 8 years. She has a number of specialties under her belt. She is is certified in Reiki 2 and a passionate advocate for healthy living. She received her certification in neurotoxins and dermal fillers at Aesthetic Medical Education and Training (AMET). She loves spending time with her husband and 3 children and creating comic tiktok videos. “I think of aesthetic nursing as an art. My heart is in nursing and always will be. My main focus is comfort, care and empathy”

Master Ernie Thivierge Jr. Master Teacher, CRC.

AKA Master T. has been training and teaching since 1973. His resume includes:

  • *Former Bodybuilder, Kickboxer and owner of several studios  
  • *Inducted in Martial Arts Hall of Fame
  • *Training tours , Soul Korea 2000 and 2002
  • *Zen Shiatsu Shiatsu Therapist  Acupressure ( Basic TCM )

  • * Recovery/ Mind ~ Body Healing Guide   (Personal,Spiritual Growth . Substance use disorder , Anxiety and depression.)

  • *Founder of  AFCS  American Fighting – Fitness  System .  (Self protection)
  • *Founder of MartialFit Kickncardio
 
He is dedicated to ~
*Practitioner of Ancient/ Eastern Wisdom and Medicine
 *Personal/ Spiritual and Physical Growth 
 
He is a person of long term recovery 1997 and has been a keynote speaker

Meet the Owners

Kerry Taveira, DNP, MBA, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC

Kerry is co-founder/owner of Essentia Nudus IV Infusion Lounge, LLC. She is a board-certified nurse practitioner (NP) in Adult Psychiatry/Mental Health and Adult Health.She graduated from the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions in 2004. Since then, she has worked in several capacities, including: medical hospitalist in the behavioral units at Carney and Norwood Hospital,psychiatric consultant in skilled nursing facilities in the Boston area ,and most recently at South Coast Behavioral Health and DLH Consulting and Psychiatric Services.
In addition, she has worked as a NP for the Centers for Pain Management at Steward St. Anne’s Hospital. Kerry is certified in Neurotoxins and Dermal Fillers by the Aesthetic Mentor. She is also a member of the Medial Aesthetic Associates. Most recently, she has been working in her private practice, Optimus Health and Wellness. She believes in the holistic approach to patient care using both conventional and complementary therapies.

Barbara Fontaine, LMHC

Barbara is co-founder/owner of Essentia Nudus IV Infusion Lounge, LLC. She is a licensed mental health clinician (LMHC), a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth clinical psychology program, and a member of the Psi Chi Honor Society. Barbara began her career as a certified Applied Behavioral Analyst (ABA) therapist working as a contractor in local schools.She was a program director for the Portuguese Youth Cultural Organization’s Parent Mentor and Safe Child Visitation programs where she became a certified trainer for Family Development Credentialling (FDC).

Early in her career, Barbara recognized the need for a more comprehensive approach to mental health and wellness, and she began conceptualizing a wellness center which understood that there are multiple pathways to wellness, with the fullness of wellness defined as one that incorporates the mind, body, and spirit. It is from that framework that Barbara and colleagues founded Essentia Health & Wellness in Fall River Massachusetts.
Barbara is a devout Christian who understands the healing power of faith and prayer. It is her faith that guides her career and when appropriate she will incorporate her faith into her work. Barbara is a Reiki therapist who strives to assist others in utilizing the tenets of Reiki to achieve a state of self-healing. Reiki has proven to be an effective and useful tool for restoration of balance and healing associated with both physical and mental health issues.
Barbara has specialized interests in trauma-related disorders including PTSD, Complex Trauma, and substance use disorder (SUD). Mother to a child in recovery, Barbara has worked tirelessly to educate the community on the origins of SUD, citing the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM) disease model of addiction. She has partnered with Recover Fall River in a campaign aimed at decreasing the stigma associated with SUD in the local hospitals, and both she and her daughter, alongside a small working group, was instrumental in bringing Project Reconnect, an outreach service provided to individuals and families who have experienced a recent overdose, to the Fall River and surrounding communities. Barbara is the clinical director of Ignite Recovery. A recovery center which offers a unique and diverse opportunity for individuals seeking long term sobriety.

Brenda Sweeney, LMHC

Brenda is co-founder/owner of Essentia Nudus IV Infusion Lounge, LLC. Brenda is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, and a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth clinical psychology program.Brenda has an established history of providing quality mental health services to children/adolescents, individuals, couples and families in Southeastern Massachusetts.
She has worked in the mental health and education fields for over 20 years.Brenda began working at the Waterbury State Hospital in Waterbury Vermont. Brenda later worked in the Montpelier Public School system in Montpelier Vermont.

She was a Behavioral Specialist with LifeStream Inc in New Bedford, Massachusetts and has been a counselor for Child and Family Services and North East Mental Health Services in Massachusetts. Brenda was a Clinical Mental Health Specialist for the Centers for Pain Management at Steward St. Anne’s Hospital. Here she developed curriculum on Managing Chronic Pain, Medication Management and Lifestyle Changes for those with Chronic Pain. Brenda currently has a private practice in Fall River Massachusetts and is the Voluntary acting President for Treatment Development Corporation of Southern Massachusetts, a non-profit organization that addresses community health and educational needs. Brenda is also certified and registered as a hypnotherapist by the Indian Mountain Meditation Lodge and Healing Center. She uses hypnotherapy to treat specific mental health concerns, and as an alternative and holistic approach to specific medical conditions.