Margaret T. Bowers DNP, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN

Dr. Midge Bowers is a clinical professor and director of the cardiovascular specialty at Duke University School of Nursing in Durham, NC. She holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology as a nurse practitioner in a Heart Failure Access clinic. Dr. Bowers earned an MSN degree as a clinical nurse specialist in critical care at Duke University School of Nursing and completed a post-master’s certificate as a family nurse practitioner at Duke. Subsequently she joined the faculty in 1999. She earned her DNP degree from the University of Colorado-Denver. Her clinical practice focuses on patients with heart failure and her scholarly work is focused on cardiovascular topics and simulation. She has been actively involved in a variety of GAPNA activities since joining in 2012 and is a current member of the GAPNA Research Committee.