Presenter:
Nancy Auer, APRN, FNP-BC, is an experienced nurse practitioner who works at the Epilepsy Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. She has been a nurse practitioner for 23 years and has worked with pediatric epilepsy for 16 years. She has many years of experience working with children who have developmental disabilities, autism and other complex neurological problems. Her research focus is Autism and Epilepsy and she and her partners have a poster at AES that was selected for a special recognition session on this subject. She has been the receipient this year of the ACNN 's Excellence Award and 2 years ago for the Innovative Practice Award from ACNN. Her specialty involves teaching families and children about their condition and gaining their compliance with complex diagnoses. She has spoken on various topics pertaining to epilepsy and children for many years. She is an active Air Force wife and an Army mother, a grandmother, and loves spending her extra time with her family. An interesting hobby that she has is playing the flute, which she started in 5th grade.