Northern Minnesota Chapter

Areas Served

The Northern Minnesota Chapter of the Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing Association serves the Minnesota areas of Duluth, Brainerd, St. Cloud, Minneapolis, St. Paul.

Volunteer

Contact Erin to learn more about getting involved with the Duluth Minnesota Chapter.

Chapter Background

Get to Know Your Chapter Leadership Team!

The chapter is predominantly made up of RNs from hospital/inpatient settings, cardiac rehabilitation programs, and cardiology practices. We welcome all new members, especially those with an interest in chapter leadership roles and planning of future educational events.

Erin Nordstrom, BSN, RN, PHN, CV-BC, FPCNA, current Northern Minnesota Chapter Leader, works as a cardiac rhythm device nurse at Metropolitan Heart and Vascular Institute. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from the Minnesota State University – Mankato in 2018. She worked as a bedside nurse on a medical-surgical telemetry unit and then transitioned to working as an RN care coordinator in an outpatient electrophysiology clinic at the University of Minnesota in 2019. Since 2021, she has been working as a device nurse, specializing in managing devices and caring for patients with cardiac rhythm disorders and heart failure. Her clinical interests include implantable cardiac devices, atrial fibrillation management, and chronic heart failure therapies. Her non-clinical interests include mentorship, managing burnout, policy advocacy, and increasing professional development opportunities for healthcare staff. She has been an active member of the leadership team of the Northern Minnesota PCNA Chapter since 2022 and is an active member of the Heart Rhythm Society. She is currently working towards her Master of Science in Nursing degree in Organizational Systems Leadership at the Minnesota State University – Moorhead.