Metrolina Coalition of Nurse Practitioners

Welcome to Metrolina Coalition of Nurse Practitioners

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The Metrolina Coalition of Nurse Practitioners (MCNP) organization is a regional affiliate of the Council of Nurse Practitioners (CONP’s) within the North Carolina Nurses’ Association (NCNA). Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, all local and regional nurse practitioners (NP’s) are welcome no matter what their area of specialty/work is. We encompass all Practice in our organization from pediatric to geriatric, psych, women’s health, ACNP’s, the majority being FNP’s.

We have approximately 150 members. Members who are University Professors, members who are involved in research, others who have published articles, written books or are guest lecturer’s/speakers throughout the U.S. Our goal is to promote collegiality amongst our peers while providing opportunity for continuing education. MCNP provides monthly educational meetings, and a two-day seminar in the fall. Students and new NP’s to the Metrolina area are welcome to our meetings. Please see monthly meetings for dates and topics and be sure to RSVP to our sponsor to reserve your place for the event.

Each meeting is held at a local restaurant and begins with networking at 6:15pm to 6:30pm, followed by a short business meeting. The business meeting includes announcements for job opportunities, updates on local and national nurse practitioner issues, and any other relevant topic that NP’s need to know. At conclusion of the business meeting, dinner is served as we listen to the evening’s presentation by a guest speaker.

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2012 New Board Members

Amanda Slocum, Special Projects

Amanda is a graduate of UNCC FNP program in 2009 and has been working as an active part of Gastroenterology team assisting in inpatient and outpatient consultations and follow up needs. The things she enjoys most is spending time with her family and friends, traveling and doing anything that involves the outdoors. She is 6 months happily married and proud mom of 18 month old adopted yellow lab. Although she was born in Nebraska and moved around a lot due to her father being in the air force, she considers North Carolina her and will always claim being a southerner. She enjoys volunteering in her free time and is looking forward to her new role of special projects.

Latricia Chastain, Membership Promotion
Latricia passed her boards in September of this year and is a new Family Nurse Practitioner. She will be starting work at senior care northeast, a geriatric clinic and currently working with Hospice. She has been married for 27 years and has 3 sons Rickey, Kevin and Jeremy. She is a grandma to 41/2 year old Jaylen. She is very active in her church and enjoys being with her family, photography, antiquing, and finding yard sale bargains. She is very excited about starting her NP career and feels MCNP is an important organization for our profession.

Michelle Pratt, Member at Large
Michelle is a graduate of UNCC Family NP program in 2010. She is an FNP with Carolina Neurology in Statesville, NC where she manages acute neurological and psychological illnesses as well as complex chronic conditions in neurology clinic. Prior to this she worked as a nurse in the psychiatric ER. In her previous life she taught children with autism and is very active in advocating for persons with developmental disabilities. She is married with 2 children and one foster child. Her son is 14, daughter is 11 and her foster son with autism is 25.. She enjoys traveling with her family and reading.

Ashley Gibbs, President Elect

Ashley is a graduate of UNCC Nurse Practitioner Program in 2004 and is currently board certified as an Adult NP and Gerontological NP. She was an active MCNP member from 2004-2009 where she served as president elect and then president until moving to Maine in 2009 when she married her husband. During her previous term with MCNP she was able to lead volunteer efforts to increase our visibility. While she has held a variety of roles throughout her career, her overall focus has revolved around the care of adult cardiology patients and education of nurses. Ashley and her husband have recently relocated back to Charlotte with their 7 year old rescue dog Bowser who is the head of the house. She is committed in playing an active part in shaping future of NP's and we are happy to have her re-join the board