Davis elected president of nurses organization

Wesley Davis, an emergency nurse practitioner with Crook County Medical Services District, has been elected as the president of the Wyoming Council for Advanced Practice Nurses, the state's professional organization to promote advanced practice nursing in Wyoming.

Davis (DNP, ENP-C, FNP-C, AGACNP-BC) will assume the presidency on October 5, 2019 to lead the Board of Directors. The organization represents nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists and nurse midwives and, since 1993, has promoted excellence in advance practice education and professional development, as well as representing advanced nurses in legislative issues and fostering relationships with other healthcare professionals and organizations.

As well as serving patients in Crook County, Davis developed an Emergency Nurse Practitioner specialty program for the University of South Alabama. He is now a distance faculty member who serves as a specialty coordinator for the university and teaches residency course for the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

Davis serves as the Wyoming State Representative for the American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners and holds a doctorate in nursing practice and a master's degree in advanced practice nursing from the same university. He is triple board-certified as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner and Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner.