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Professional Achievements:

2016 Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota, Board of Directors

2017-2018 Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota, Secretary

Annual Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota Conference Committee, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021

2017-2019 Membership Committee, TMS Society

2017 Parent Board of Directors Westside Preschool and Daycare

2018 Vice President Parent Board Westside Preschool and Daycare

2019 to present, President Parent Board Westside Preschool and Daycare

2019 Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota, Board of Directors

2020 Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota Annual Conference Chair

2020 Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota, Board of Directors

2022 Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota, Vice President

Memberships and certifications

Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota member

American Association of Nurse Practitioners: Certified CNP and member

American Counseling Association (ACA) member

South Dakota Board of Nursing: Licensed RN and CNP

South Dakota Counselors and Marriage and Family Therapist Examiners: Licensed professional counselor and Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP)

National Board for Certified Counselors: Certified and member

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC): Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Member of Zonta Club of the Black Hills

Member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society

Civic Experience

1998 Big Brother, Big Sisters, Rapid City, South Dakota

2000-2002 Head Start, Missoula, Montana

2014-present Zonta of the Black Hills member, Rapid City, South Dakota

2016 Facilities chair, Zonta Expo, Rapid City, South Dakota

2016 Jail Employment Program volunteer, Rapid City, South Dakota

2017 Facilities chair, Zonta Expo, Rapid City, South Dakota

2018 Volunteer, Zonta Expo, Rapid City, South Dakota

AWARDS

Rapid City Regional Hospital Emergency Department: Employee of the Quarter October 2008

Leader of the Rapid City Regional Hospital Sexual Assault Team 2006-2008

Nominated for Nursing Star Award 2010 and 2011

Rapid City Regional Employee of the Month: May 2013

2019 AANP Nurse Practitioner State Award for Excellence from South Dakota

Speaking Engagements

NAMI membership meeting: Summer 2014

Annual Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota Conference: 2014, 2016, 2021

Updates in Mental Healthcare Conference: 2017

South Dakota State University, Family Nurse Practitioner Program 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021

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Work History

Education History

South Dakota State University
August, 2006 to May, 2010

South Dakota State University
September, 2007 to May, 2016

South Dakota State University
August, 2002 to August, 2003

University of Montana
September, 1999 to May, 2002

South Dakota State University
May, 2021

Associations

Association of Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners

ENP Network Moderator Hub

Nurse Practitioner Association of South Dakota

Professional Contacts

Steffanie Smith

Coby Somsen

Muriel Engbrecht