Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneurs: Opening an NP-Run Practice S4 E8

TeamPeds Talks newest series, focused on Nurse Practitioner Leadership and Career Development, is brought to you by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. This series of podcasts includes inspiring and thought-provoking conversations with expert leaders in pediatric health care with a focus on advancing career development and leading change. This series is hosted by Dr. Andrea Kline-Tilford, NAPNAP’s Executive Board President.
Andrea Kline-Tilford, PhD, CPNP-AC is an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with significant clinical experience in pediatric critical care and pediatric cardiac surgery. She is the NAPNAP Executive Board President and the Professional Issues Department Editor of the Journal of Pediatric Health Care.  She is the co-editor of two books: Lippincott Certification Review: Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Cases in Pediatric Acute Care: Strengthening Clinical Decision Making. She has presented internationally on topics of pediatric acute care and pediatric advanced practice nursing, with many publications in these areas. She is an advocate for children and proud mother of two.
This episode's guests are Samantha Casselman and Tiffany Zook.
Tune in to this week's episode of TeamPeds Talks Podcast to hear an inspirational conversation with two pediatric-focused nurse practitioners discussing their journey to successfully launching their own practices - one in pediatric dermatology and one in pediatric primary care.
Samantha Casselman is a Past-President of the Arizona Chapter of NAPNAP, founder of NAPNAP's Dermatology Special Interest Group, and chair of the newly formed NAPNAP Membership Committee. She has worked in pediatric dermatology for 9 years and has presented nationally at several NAPNAP chapter events.
Tiffany Zook has been a nurse for 23 years, with the last 7 years as Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner. Her special interests include holistic care and vaccine hesitancy.