Kristen Ahearn, DNP-FNP, is a board-certified family nurse practitioner who joined the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates in January 2022. Ahearn has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from James Madison University (2016) and earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree as a family nurse practitioner from George Mason University in 2021. Her clinical experience includes five years as a labor and delivery nurse, as well as a clinical supervisor, at George Washington University Hospital (GWUH). While at GWUH, Ahearn launched a new unit policy council to revise, implement, and develop evidence-based policies for the labor and delivery department.