Andrea Leone, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-C, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Blessing Hospital, has earned Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner national certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She is also a certified Family Nurse Practitioner.
Certification is a voluntary process of validating knowledge, skills and abilities beyond the scope of state licensure. Certification provides patients and their families with confirmation that the provider caring for them has demonstrated experience, knowledge, and skills in a complex specialty of care.
Leone earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice – Family Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, her Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certificate from Maryville University, and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences/Culver-Stockton College.
A 14-year member of the Blessing Hospital staff, Leone worked in the Cardiovascular Unit before joining the Cardiothoracic Surgery department.