Congratulations to the hardworking AANP 2016 Washington State Award Winners:

AANP Nurse Practitioner of the Year

• Robert Smithing, MSN, ARNP, FAANP; owner and clinical director of FamilyCare of Kent, preceptor to ARNP students from several graduate programs and advocate for fair pay and recognition to Nurse Practitioners

AANP Nurse Practitioner Advocate of the Year

• Sofia Aragon, JD, BSN, RN; Executive Director of the Washington Center for Nursing. As our Lobbyist with WSNA, Sofia shepherded our successful bill for global signature authority through the Washington State Legislature in 2015