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Professional Achievements:

Kimberly Yung is a Certified Nurse Practitioner specializing in functional medicine and wellness care. She believes in holistic care of the patient which includes detailed lifestyle interventions through diet, exercise, stress management and support systems for optimal health, disease prevention and treatment. She has over 20 years of experience in healthcare in the fields of: Functional Medicine, Integrative Health, Nutrition, Lifestyle Modification, Stress Management.

Kimberly also has over 20 years of experience in urgent and emergent care. It is through this genre of care that she has become inspired to promote preventive wellness care. She has seen firsthand the outcomes of unhealthy lifestyle choices that result in terrible illness and even death. She is passionate and educating the value of a healthy lifestyle and disease prevention.

She was born and raised in Warrensburg, Missouri and now resides in Minnesota. Some of her career highlights are working at the world renown Mayo Clinic for over 10 years and remaining on the Board of Directors for the Mayo School of Health Sciences Alumni where she completed her Nurse Practitioner residency in 2011. Throughout her nursing career she has been a Nurse Educator and is a former Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota and currently adjunct faculty at Metropolitan State University in Minnesota. Her doctoral work focused on Integrative Primary Care of which she presented on in Galway, Ireland in 2019 at the International Integrative Nursing Symposium. She is an entrepreneur having openedtwo previous completely Nurse Practitioner ran wellness focused primary care clinics in Minnesota. Her latest project is opening a 100% online virtual wellness clinic that focuses on functional medicine and general wellness. She also maintains a regular practice rotation in urgent care in the Twin Cities metro area.

Her personal Interestsinclude the following: spiritual healing, essential oils, functional health and wellness, live music, fellowship with family and friends, CATS (!), strength training, biking, long walks, outdoor adventures such as hiking, boating, landscaping, etc. She resides with her significant other who is a professional musician, and three amazing cats (1 Bengal, 2 Orange short hair) in a suburb of Minneapolis. She loves being away from the big city, but close enough to enjoy it’s offerings.

Education:

Doctor of Nursing Practice - Saint Catherine University 2017

Post-Master's Certificate - Family Nurse Practitioner,  Minnesota State University 2011

Nurse Practitioner Residency - Family Nurse Practitioner, Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences 2011

Master of Science - Nursing Leadership and Education,  Regis University 2007

Bachelor of Science - Nursing, University of Central Missouri 2003

Bachelor Science - Exercise Science (Minor: Psychology),  University of Central Missouri 1998

Licenses/Certification(s):

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, AANP 

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Minnesota 

Registered Nurse Minnesota  

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) 

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association

Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association 

Publications (written under my previous last name):

Moore. K. Important Drug-Drug/Drug-Supplement Interactions with Type 2 Diabetes Medications. Contemporary Clinic Journal. 2015 October; 1(2).

Moore. K. Rationale for Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Nursing School Curriculum.

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 2010 June; 16 (6): 611-612

Moore K. Rapid Response Teams: A Proactive Critical Care Approach. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 2008 Nov; 39 (11):488-489.

https://www.drkimwellness.org/

www.linkedin.com/in/kim-yung-dnp-aprn-cnp-11968464

Work History

Associations

Minnesota Nurse Practitioners

ENP Network Moderator Hub

American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Minnesota APRN Coalition

Professional Contacts

Laura Marie Sullivan

Renee Greengard