FNPN Announces Conference Keynote Speaker Joyce M. Knestrick, PhD, CRNP, FAANP President American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Dr. Joyce Knestrick is President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and is a family nurse practitioner from Washington, Pennsylvania. She practices in rural Appalachia caring for low- income and underserved patients and was a practice partner in a nurse practitioner run clinic also in Appalachia.   As Associate Professor at Georgetown University, she is active in maintaining high quality education for NPs and promoting increased numbers of NPs through engaging distance education strategies.   Knestrick is active at the local, regional, state, and national levels promoting NP practice in education, politics, and clinical care.  Her research is focused on health and access to care for low income and rural populations.  Knestrick is a tireless champion of NPs and works to ensure that patients have Nurse Practitioners as a choice for high, quality, cost effective health care.

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