Dr. Smart, NP, is dually board-certified as a family nurse practitioner and advanced public health nurse through the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She is also board-certified as a telemental health provider and certified telemedicine clinical presenter. Dr. Smart has clinical expertise in the areas of maternal-newborn nursing, women's health, school-based health, college health, pediatrics/adolescent medicine, family medicine, pain management, psychiatry, addiction medicine, nurse-managed care, and telehealth/telemedicine, In addition to her role as a clinician, she also functions as a nurse educator, healthcare consultant, health policy advocate, and infopreneur.  As an academician, she has co-authored several chapters in nursing textbooks and published articles in peer-reviewed nursing journals. Currently, she serves as an Editorial Board Member for The Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Dr. Smart previously served as a board member of the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners, where she held the positions of Health Policy Committee Member and Political Action Committee Co-Chair. She also previously served as a member of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties' Telehealth Committee, as Co-Chair of the Determinants of Health Special Interest Group, and as Chair, respectively, and as a Medical Advisory Board Member for Nice Healthcare in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Dr. Smart is also a member of several special interest groups within the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties and serves as Co-Chair of the Health Policy Education Special Interest Group.

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