Jennifer Smith is a family nurse practitioner with clinical experience in multiple settings, including primary care and emergency medicine. She teaches the APEA Review Course & Clinical Update for FNPs and AGPCNPs and has earned dual certification as a family nurse practitioner and an emergency nurse practitioner. Dr. Smith has been a nurse practitioner since 2013. During her years in clinical practice, she remained closely tied to education by serving as an adjunct faculty member and guest lecturer at Spalding University School of Nursing. In addition, she took leadership and teaching roles in her clinical settings to precept NP students and to train and onboard newly hired NPs. Smith is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, the Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives, and Sigma Theta Tau.

I am the founder of the Headache and Wellness Center of SWLA, located in Lake Charles, LA. Headache and Wellness is the focus of the center and I am proud to be the patient provider of the center. I have sat on an advisory board for a migraine medication that brought great insight into the drug and it’s usefulness in migraine management. I am an active member of the American Headache Society and the Southern Headache Society through which I have participated in multiple conferences, most notably the Scottsdale Headache Symposium and the Southern Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting. My history includes being a Family Practice Nurse Practitioner for the past 5 years and a Registered Nurse for nearly 14 years before that. The majority of my registered nursing experience was in the Intensive Care Unit. I have also worked in various other areas of nursing: radiology clinic nurse, LPN instructor, Cardiology Clinic nurse, and as an Emergency Room nurse in a mostly pediatric population hospital. I look forward to seeing what the world of healthcare has in store for the future of Nurse Practitioners everywhere that is why I am an active member of the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners. I am also a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. I also hold membership in the Sigma Theta Tau honor society. I remain supportive of my alma mater, McNeese State University, where I am an active member of the alumni association. In my free time I enjoy being the mother of three wonderful children and the wife to my handsome husband. I am active in my local church and support the community by volunteering.

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