Kristina Ballard

Kristina Ballard, DNP, AGACNP-BC, is currently a Nurse Practitioner at Mid Coast Hospital and serves as Clinical Faculty for the Graduate Nurse Practitioner Program at Walden University. With extensive experience in acute care settings, Kristina has worked as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner at GSEP Emergency Medicine and held various roles at Methodist Hospital, including Post Anesthesia Recovery Registered Nurse and Registered Nurse in the Emergency Department, contributing to high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment. Previous experience includes positions at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in the Cardiothoracic ICU and as a Registered Nurse in a Nationally Accredited Heart Failure Progressive Care Unit at Banner Health. Kristina completed a Doctor of Nursing Practice at The University of Texas at Arlington and holds a Master's degree in Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner as well as a Bachelor's degree in Registered Nursing from Grand Canyon University.