Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter

Areas Served

The Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing Association serves the Fort Worth-Dallas Metroplex area and surrounding North Texas region.

Volunteer

Contact Ruth Schneider to learn more about getting involved with the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter.

Chapter Background

Get to Know Your Chapter Leadership Team!

The Dallas-Fort Worth PCNA Chapter was started with a grassroots effort in 2012 under the leadership of Linda Martin.

We believe that area nurses can work together to sustain the mission of serving our community through prevention and education. Members represent a variety of settings including acute care registered nurses, nurse practitioners, cardiac rehabilitation nurses, cardiology and prevention nurses, heart failure nurses, and dietitians.

Our goal is to provide educational events for those who are involved in managing cardiovascular disease risk and committed to the prevention of disease. In addition, we are engaged in a variety of community activities that promote cardiovascular health.

Ruth Schneider, RN, MS, ANPC, is the current Chapter Leader. Ruth has been a nurse practitioner with UTSW with preventive Cardiology the last 9 years. Prior to that she worked at Parkland Memorial Hospital for 19 years; much of her time there was in heart failure and cardiac Electrophysiology .