DNP student wins first place for poster at VCNP annual conference
Angie Smith, AGACNP-BC (B.S.‘13/N; M.S.‘15/N), a DNP student at the VCU School of Nursing, won first place for her poster recently at the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners annual conference in Reston. Her topic was “Improving Hypertension Management in Adults: Evaluation of Community-Based Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring Intervention.”
VCU School of Nursing faculty members serve on Richmond VCNP Board of Directors
Rachel Cloutier, M.S., RN, ACNP-BC, clinical instructor, recently became president of the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners Richmond Region Board of Directors. Cloutier had previously been president-elect of the board. Shelly Smith, DNP, APRN-BC, clinical assistant professor and director of the DNP program, was appointed chair of the Government Relations Committee. Both terms begin in May 2017.
Rachel Cloutier appointed president elect of the VCNP Richmond chapter
Rachel Cloutier, M.S., RN, ACNP-BC, clinical instructor, was recently appointed president elect of the Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners Richmond chapter. The Virginia Council of Nurse Practitioners (VCNP), the statewide professional organization for all nurse practitioners (NPs) licensed in Virginia, and is a council of the Virginia Nurses Association (VNA) Commission on Professional Practice.