Christy M. Yates is a Senior Lecturer with Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc., an international provider of NP Certification Exam Review and Advanced Practice Update and continuing education for healthcare providers. She presents the Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc. NP Certification Exam Review and Advanced Practice Preparation Course for Family and Adult Nurse Practitioners.

Ms. Yates is certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Ms. Yates is certified as an asthma educator by the National Asthma Educator Certification Board. Ms. Yates currently practices as a Family Nurse Practitioner full-time at Family Allergy and Asthma and part-time as a primary care provider at Family Health Centers, Inc. in Louisville, Kentucky. In April 2007, she received the outstanding preceptor award from Spaulding University, Louisville, KY in recognition of her years of mentoring nurse practitioner students.

Ms. Yates is a member of numerous professional organizations including, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.  She is also a member of the Kentucky Coalition of Nurse Practitioners for which she has served in leadership roles over the years including as chair and co-chairperson of the Annual Regional NP Conference for four years and committee member for four years.

Ms. Yates has been published in the Journal of American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 14 (11), 478-483 (2002) and is currently on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Nurse Practitioner Journal. Presenting on a wide variety of pharmacology and clinical topics Ms. Yates has spoken at local healthcare organizations and regional conferences, including the Kentucky Coalition for Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives and the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners and Advanced Practice Clinicians.