Show Notes
NACE is excited to provide you with this podcast episode from our educational collaborator, The Association of Pulmonary Advanced Practice Providers (APAPP). APAPP is the first association of Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), both Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants, who work in the field of pulmonary medicine. APAPP's mission is to work together for the advancement of the profession and for the well-being of patients with pulmonary diseases. To learn more about APAPP and to get involved, please visit https://www.pulmapp.com.
Guest
Martha Kingman, FNP-C, DNP
Family Nurse Practitioner in the pulmonary hypertension clinic at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
She is presently serving as sub-investigator in numerous ongoing pulmonary hypertension clinical trials. She is a member of the speakers’ bureaus for Actelion, United Therapeutics, and Gilead, and she gives her time and expertise to several nursing advisory boards. Martha is an active member of the PH Professional Network, having previously served on the national conference planning committee, and she has chaired the Research and Publications Committee of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. She currently serves on the Editorial Board of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension, the PHA’s journal.
Dr. Kingman earned a bachelor’s degree from Tulsa University School of Nursing in Tulsa, following which she worked in emergency department settings as a staff nurse and then as director of the ED after which she obtained her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Texas Woman’s University in Dallas. When she became board certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner, she accepted the job of nurse practitioner in the pulmonary department at UTSW Medical Center and remains in that role today. The majority of her clinical work involves the follow-up outpatient care of a large group of pulmonary hypertension patients at UTSW Medical Center. In May 2011, Dr. Kingman obtained her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from Texas Christian University.
Martha has published in the area of pulmonary hypertension and has spoken at local and national conferences. Her main area of research interest involves the safety of intravenous prostacyclins in the hospital setting.
Host
Corinne R. Young, MSN, FNP-C, FCCP
Director of APP and Clinical Services, Colorado Springs Pulmonary Consultants
President, APAPP, Colorado Springs, CO
Corinne Young is a Nurse Practitioner began working in the area of pulmonary disease in California in 2005. Since 2011, she has worked in a private pulmonary practice in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Involvement and the representation of advanced practice providers in the pulmonary world has been an important priority for Corinne. To that end, Corinne is the Founder and President of the Association of Pulmonary Advanced Practice Providers.
In addition to her work with APAPP, Corinne is currently one of ten NPs nationwide to become a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians. She works closely with the American College of Chest Physicians CHEST programs, and serves on the Interprofessional Team Network, Clinical Research Network, and on the Executive Programing Committee. Additionally, Corinne serves on the American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease Board.
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