Louise McDevitt is a senior lecturer with Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc. (FHEA), an international provider of nurse practitioner certification preparation and continuing education for healthcare providers. She presents the FHEA Nurse Practitioner Certification Exam Review and Advanced Practice Update for family, adult and acute nurse practitioners as well as several of the clinical skills modules. More than 55,000 nurse practitioners have used the Fitzgerald review course to successfully prepare for certification.
As a certified adult, family and acute care nurse practitioner, Ms. McDevitt practices at Grace Cottage Family Practice at Grace Cottage Hospital, Townshend, VT. She is a member of the hospital’s Ethics Committee and the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. She is also a member of The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International. Her teaching positions include assistant clinical instructor at Albany Medical School and assistant clinical instructor at the University of Vermont Medical School and Graduate School of Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner Program.
Ms. McDevitt has presented workshops in collaboration with other FHEA associates on the topics of Common Dermatologic Procedures, Common Office Procedures, Expert Exam of the Knee, Expert Exam of the Shoulder, Expert Exam of the Ear, Nose and Throat, Joint Injection, Ophthalmology and Suturing and Wound Management, offered at Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc. Clinical Skills Workshop Seminars held several times per year around the country. She has presented at numerous national nurse practitioner conferences, including the National Conference of Nurse Practitioners and Advanced Care Clinicians (NCNP/ACC) annually since 2003.
Ms. McDevitt has recorded Expert Exam: Practical Orthopedics - Shoulder as well as Expert Exam: ENT Skills for Primary and Acute Care Practitioners with Monica Tombasco, which are available through Fitzgerald Health Education Associates, Inc., at store.fhea.com.