Volusia Flagler Advanced Practice Nursing Council

12/10/2025

✨️Congratulations to our 2026-2028 Board of Directors . We are pleased to have selected this great board to lead the way to a successful term with so much in store. If you would love to join us the time is now as we continue to move onward and upward ✨️♥️✨️

12/10/2025

We held our final meeting of 2025 on Monday at the Chart House. What a fantastic discussion by Dr. Arab. Great questions from our members, and a very engaging dialogue.

We presented Bunnell Elementary and Palm Terrace Elementary with gifts purchased by Tina Carlyle and Sharon James. The money was raised during our Annual Summit and we love that we were able to give back to our community.

We look forward to seeing everyone in 2026!

12/03/2025

Your 2024-2026 Board, held a final Board meeting on Monday night, to close out our successes from our 2 year term. We are so excited for the future and look forward to working with this amazing Council of Advanced Degree Registered Nurses in 2026.

We also look forward to seeing you at our Christmas meeting on December 8th at the Chart House! Please sign up if you have not already, and get on the waitlist if it is full!

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

11/23/2025

✨️As licensed healthcare professionals—nurses, nurse practitioners, and colleagues—we carry immense responsibility for patient safety, advocacy, and outcomes. Yet right now, our profession is facing a troubling barrier to advancement: a decades-old regulatory definition stemming from the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) is being used to exclude nursing—and advanced nursing degrees—from “professional degree” status, thereby restricting access to the loans and financial-aid pathways intended for professions like medicine, dentistry, veterinary medicine and law. 

✨️Here’s what’s at stake:
• Because nursing and advanced nursing practice degrees are being categorized under graduate degrees, rather than professional degrees, the federal rules limit our ability to borrow and invest in the preparation needed to serve at the highest levels. 
• This distinction is not just academic—when you’ve committed years to training, licensure, advanced practice, and leadership, you deserve recognition and the same access to resources as other licensed professionals.
• In a time of nursing shortage and healthcare transformation, restricting access to education funding for advanced practice nurses undermines patient care, health-system capacity, and our ability to lead innovation. 

✨️Let's support the campaign led by the American Nurses Association (ANA) calling on policymakers to amend or clarify the federal definition of “professional degree” so that nursing—and its advanced practice tracks—are included.

✨️Our colleagues at the Florida Association of Nurse Practitioners - FLANP will continue fighting against this action. You can join us:

,🔗 Sign the petition

✨️Why this matters to you:
• When advanced practice nurses have full access to financial support—just like other professionals—healthcare becomes stronger, more equitable, and better prepared for the future.
• Supporting this effort means investing in safe, high-quality care for our communities, in expanded access to prevention and wellness, and in the future of the nursing workforce.

✨️If you’re a nurse, NP, educator, student, or allied healthcare professional: please join me in saying “our profession counts, our advanced degrees matter, and we deserve the same recognition and access”.

🩺 Like, share, comment “I support” and sign the petition today.



https://ana.quorum.us/campaign/professionaldegreepetition/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwOODIhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEevnmJW5COQhvO4USVU97u6rg8lwFBIPMgQOxHKOw7ssoeGhymo5yBjiGrvyQ_aem_7wFSJc1EnhVyOuD6gjjC4g

Add your name to the petition for nursing to be included in the definition of 'professional degree' programs.

11/22/2025

Don’t forget our December 8th Educational Dinner and Business meeting is coming up! Details are being finalized, we will post them this week!

11/12/2025

We had a fantastic dinner and educational program on Monday November 10th. We had many guests in attendance, and we hope to see many of those faces as members. Nicole Stinson, NP from Neurocrine Biosciences, presented a program on Tardive Dyskinesia with great videos and questions that were asked! We look forward to our next meeting on December 8th, more details to follow soon!

11/12/2025

Happy Nurse Practitioner Week to all of our amazing Nurse Practitioners! We are so proud of the work you do in your local communities. The residents of Volusia and Flagler are in the best care because of YOU! We celebrate you this week and all year.

11/05/2025

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Reminder: We have a “Bring a New Member” event on 11/10 Monday, at Hyde Park.

✅Bring a potential NEW member to the event

✅Notify Julie Logan (or any board member) of the name of your guest by Friday November 7th. If you have not provided the name by that date, we will have to release your seats.

✅Sign up for the waitlist, we often have seats pop up throughout the week. If you will not be able to attend, please un-RSVP as soon as possible.

✅Come with your best foot forward! We want to drive our membership up, with more members, we can do more for our community!

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

11/01/2025

What a beautiful day to support our community, by attending the Walk to End Alzheimer’s event in Deland! An amazing turnout for a very good cause! There were 750 walkers registered, and we had 10 council members participate! It was a bit chilly, but a great morning was had!

10/31/2025

Reminder to register and join us for the Alzheimer’s Walk tomorrow in Deland. The festivities begin at 8am, with a kick-off ceremony at 9am, followed by the walk.

We will convene at the entrance prior to the walk. Please text Kelly or Tina if you are unable to locate us.

Earl Brown Park, 750 South Alabama Avenue, Deland, FL 32724.

10/25/2025

🎀🎀🎀 Team VFAPNC Supporting the Fight Against Breast Cancer! 🎀🎀🎀

Today, our VFAPNC team proudly walked in the annual Breast Cancer Walk to honor survivors, remember those we’ve lost, and support ongoing research and awareness. As advanced practice nurses, we are committed to promoting health, hope, and healing both in our practice and our community. 💕

We’re so grateful to everyone who joined, donated, and cheered us on today. Together, we walk for a cure! 💖🩷🩷💖🩷