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As a specialty section of CMDA, we encourage, educate and challenge members of advanced practice nursing to engage in a deeper, more fulfilling walk with our Savior, equipping us to impact the lives of others with the gospel.

Welcome to CCNP, a specialty section of the CMDA. Our hope is that you find us as a resource to enhance your nursing practice and a place to build Christ-centered connections with other NPs.

CCNP Membership

We welcome all advanced practice nurses including those who hold the credential of CRNA, CNS, CNE, CNM, DNP, PhD, DNSc, MSN and graduate students in the above specialties.

About the Coalition of Christian Nurse Practitioners

Mission Statement

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

As a specialty section of CMDA, we are here to encourage, educate and challenge members of advanced practice nursing to engage in a deeper, more fulfilling walk with our Savior, equipping us to impact the lives of others with the gospel. We accomplish this with biblically-based, compassionate and appropriate care while speaking the truth of Christ when we sense this calling from Christ. We also strive to inform members about social and bioethical issues within the APRN profession and discuss ways that these issues impact us and our appropriate response as Christian professionals.

Our Statement of Faith
What We Believe
What We Do

Leadership Team

Adrienne E Thorne - DNP

Adrienne E. Thorne, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC

Chairman

Adrienne has been a member of CMDA since 2017 and has been part of the CCNP leadership team since 2018. She became a member of the Board of Trustees for CMDA in 2020. She currently resides in northern Delaware and works as a Lead Nurse Practitioner in Cardiology in the inpatient setting. She obtained her Masters degree from the University of Pittsburgh and her post-Masters certification and doctorate from Wilmington University. She is dual certified as an AGACNP and a FNP, and obtained her DNP in 2020. She is also active as the President of the Omicron Gamma chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International at Wilmington University. She has been on mission trips to Ecuador and the Dominican Republic and has a passion for helping those that are underserved or homeless.

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Shelia Talbott, DNP, FNP-C

Vice Chairman

Shelia is an alumni of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA completing her BSN, MSN and DNP degrees at the university.  She currently works at a Family Practice FQHC in Farmville, VA that focuses on OB/GYN care for underserved communities.  She has been a member of CMDA since 2016.  In her free time, she helps coordinate medical mission trips to Honduras and Haiti with her church.   She and her husband live in an 18th century Virginia farmhouse that they have been restoring in the river community of Scottsville, VA.

Natalie Ali - ENP

Natalie Ali, ENP-C, FNP-C

Domestic Missions Coordinator/Community Outreach Coordinator

Natalie is dually certified as an emergency nurse practitioner and family nurse practitioner. She received her BSN from Oral Roberts University and her MSN from Emory University. Natalie has been a member of CMDA since she was 19 years old. She has been to Haiti several times (and Nicaragua once) with Global Health Outreach and is the assistant team leader for the annual GHO trip to Honduras. She especially enjoys caring for pediatric patients and precepting nurse practitioner students. Natalie lives in Atlanta with her handsome husband Arif Ali, a radiation oncologist who is also a long-time member of CMDA, and their friendly yellow lab, Trigg. Natalie likes to cook and used to host CMDA Bible studies and dinner in her home, but currently the meetings are virtual. She continues to volunteer regularly at a free clinic for refugees in Clarkston, GA, which is held by CMDA Atlanta in partnership with a local church.

Leadership Opportunities

We are grateful for your interest in a leadership role within CCNP. We currently have the following volunteer positions available:

To be considered for a leadership position, one must be a member of CMDA and CCNP. One must sign and agree to the CMDA-CCNP Leadership Commitment Form. Please pray for how God would have you participate in our group. If you are interested in a position listed above, please reach out to [email protected].

Keep In Touch

If you would like to know more about our activities and outreach, be placed on our mailing list, join the section or have any questions about membership, please contact us.

Coalition of Christian Nurse Practitioners
P.O. Box 7500 | Bristol, TN 37621
888-230-2637
[email protected]

Prayer Requests

‘And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.’

1 John 5:15 ESV

If there is something on your heart that you would like the CCNP leadership to pray for, please fill out the request in the link below. Your request will be kept private amongst the leadership team unless you specify otherwise.