[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 28, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E677]
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          IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE OF DR. JOYCE KNESTRICK

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                            HON. CONOR LAMB

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 28, 2019

  Mr. LAMB. Madam Speaker, it is with great pride that I recognize a 
former constituent of mine, Joyce Knestrick, PhD, C-FNP, APRN, of 
Washington, Pennsylvania for her service over the last two years as 
President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP).
  Dr. Knestrick has an exemplary career of service with over 30 years 
as a registered nurse, of which she has spent 25 of those years as a 
nationally board-certified family nurse practitioner working in clinics 
that serve low income and underserved populations both in urban and 
rural Appalachian areas. As an organizational leader, Dr. Knestrick has 
served as an adjunct professor in organizational leadership master's 
programs.
  She has served multiple clinical roles as a family nurse 
practitioner, a nurse manager and a registered nurse in critical care, 
medical surgical, pediatric and long-term care settings. She serves on 
several committees for the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner 
Faculties and was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse 
Practitioners in 2007.
  The American Association of Nurse Practitioners is a national 
professional membership organization representing over 270,00 nurse 
practitioners nationally. Under Dr. Knestrick's tenure, AANP membership 
has grown to more than 97,000 members, making AANP the largest nurse 
practitioner organization in the world. Dr. Knestrick has helped lead 
nurse practitioners in transforming patient-centered health care and 
has made tremendous strides in ensuring that policy makers and the 
public understand the care that nurse practitioners provide to millions 
of Americans each year.
  I urge my colleagues to join me in congratulating Dr. Knestrick on a 
successful term as President of the American Association of Nurse 
Practitioners and in thanking her for the excellent care she has and 
continues to provide to her patients and the nurse practitioner 
profession.

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