Velma Yep, DNP, MSN, RN, GNP-BC
Nursing is my passion, besides that, I am a wife, a mother to 2 successful professionals, a grandma, love to travel, play chess, hike, run with my Malinois dog, and cook gourmet meals, and yes wine wine-tasting in Southern California.
I have been an RN since 1982 with work experience in emergency and critical care. As a nurse practitioner since 2002, I have worked in oncology, ambulatory medicine, urgent care, geriatrics, hospice, and palliative care. I pursued both my MSN-GNP and DNP from the University of California in Los Angeles.
I respect DEI rights for everyone; therefore, I provide monthly professional nursing updates focused on APRNs and legislative issues affecting healthcare through the Practice Committee Column of the "Inside PNAA" online monthly edition of the PNAA magazine. I am the immediate past president of the California Association for Nurse Practitioners (CANP)Inland Empire chapter( IE), current Practice Committee chair for the Philippine Nurses Association of America ( PNAA) for Advanced Practice Nurses, and current Legislative, Human Rights, and Ethics committee chair for both the CANP IE and the Philippine Nurses Association of Southern California. I continue to advocate and lobby for patients' access to equitable healthcare. I have provided clinical preceptorship to nurse practitioner students, mentored and inspired many nurses (love doing this).
Sigma is a great pathway for nurses to spread the importance of what we do as the most caring, trusted, and respected profession. I thank all my professional nursing colleagues for what you do!