Linda S. Blasen is an Associate 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.

Ms. Blasen is certified as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Family Nurse Practitioner.  She currently practices as an Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner with Emergency Physician Specialists at Doctors Hospital in Sarasota, FL.  Ms. Blasen also serves as a USF Disaster Response Team Volunteer.

Ms. Blasen is the Acute Care Program Director and an Instructor at the University of South Florida, College of Nursing.  In addition, she serves on the Faculty Council, the Continuing Education Committee, the Curriculum Committee for MS and DNP and the Primary Care Committee at the University of South Florida, College of Nursing. In both the spring and fall of 2006 Ms. Blasen received recognition by the USF College of Nursing with the Spirit of Nursing Award. Ms. Blasen has also served as a Consultant and Speaker for GlaxoSmithKline.    

Ms. Blasen is an active member of the, American Nurses Association, and the Florida Nurses Association and is a past member of the Southwest Coast Council for APN, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Emergency Nurses Association. She is also a long time member of Sigma Theta Tau the International Honor Society for Nurses.

Ms. Blasen has presented workshops in collaboration with other FHEA associates on the topics of Suturing and Wound Management, Common Office Procedures, Common Dermatologic Procedures, Malpractice & Coding Issues, and a web-based program on Radiology of the Spine.  She provides various acute care lecture topics, x-ray interpretation sessions, and skills workshops and has presented at numerous regional and national NP conferences, including the Northern Advanced Practice Nurses Network Conference (NAPNN), and the National Conference for Nurse Practitioners and Acute Care Clinicians (NCNP-ACC).