Tara Fey Brandner, Family Nurse Practitioner at the Ashley Medical Center, recently returned from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

Keynote speaker at the conference was Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, who serves as the U.S. Surgeon General

During her time in the nation’s capitol, Brandner had the opportunity to discuss rural health care issues with U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and with staff members for U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp and U.S. Rep. Kevin Cramer.

Photo caption: Pictured (l-r) are Gwen Witzel, FNP, Langdon; Jenna Herman, AANP North Dakota State Representative and instructor from the University of Mary; U.S. Sen. John Hoeven; Cheryl Rising, FNP, Bismarck; and Tara Brandner, FNP, Ashley.

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