Meet Our Nurse Practitioners

Robert T. Smithing, MSN, ARNP, FAANP

Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Bob has been a Family Nurse Practitioner since his graduation from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981. He was granted a Master of Science in Nursing degree upon graduation and was subsequently certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner. He is a past president of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and served on the original board of the American College of Nurse Practitioners. Bob is the recipient of the Sharp Cutting Edge Leadership Award for 2000. This award is given once a year by the American College of Nurse Practitioners and bestowed upon an outstanding nurse who has demonstrated leadership above and beyond. He is also the 1989 recipient of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners’ Washington State Outstanding Nurse Practitioner award. He is mentioned in the Seattle Magazine's article "Top Doctors: The Super Nurse". Bob is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners a prestigious honor held only by 350 other nurse practitioners in the United States.

He has been on the Editorial Board of the Nurse Practitioner Journal and Clinician News. He has been the co-editor of ARNP Care since 1989. He is the founder and editor of website NP Central. He is a clinical faculty member for the University of Washington. Several times a year, he can be found teaching classes on suturing, biopsies and dermatologic procedures. He has expertise with teenagers, women’s health and asthma treatment.

• Board-Certified: Family Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Licensed: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
• MSN: Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
• BSN: Nursing, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Nursing
• Memberships: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, ARNPs United of Washington State, American College of Nurse Practitioners, American Nurses Association, Washington State Nurses Association, King County Nurses Association
• Awards & Honors: Fellow American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American College of Nurse Practitioners’ Sharp Cutting Edge Award and Service Recognition Award, University at Buffalo Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Washington Outstanding Preceptor Award, Washington State Award for Excellence of Care and Outstanding Contribution in Practice, Who’s Who in America in the West
• Faculty: University of Washington, School of Nursing, Affiliate Instructor, Family Nurse Practitioner degree candidates

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Madeline D. Wiley, MSN, ARNP, FAANP

Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Maddy cares for patients of all ages with all types of medical problems. She has an interest in, and has developed special expertise in, women’s health, asthma, allergy and dermatology. Maddy has been a family nurse practitioner since her graduation from the University of Pennsylvania in 1980. She was granted a Master of Science in Nursing degree upon graduation and was subsequently certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

She is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American Nurses Association, ARNPs United and the Washington State Nurses Association. She is a past officer of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.

Maddy is the recipient of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners’ Washington State Outstanding Nurse Practitioner award for 1999. She is on the Editorial Board of the Nurse Practitioner Journal. She has been the co-editor of ARNP Care since 1989. She is the co-founder and associate editor of website NP Central. She is also a clinical faculty member for the University of Washington. Maddy is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners a prestigious honor held only by 350 other nurse practitioners in the United States.

• Board-Certified: Family Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Licensed: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
• MSN: Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA
• BSN: Nursing, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Nursing
• Memberships: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, ARNPs United of Washington State, American Nurses Association, Washington State Nurses Association, King County Nurses Association
• Awards & Honors: University at Buffalo Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Washington Outstanding Preceptor Award, Washington State Award for Excellence of Care and Outstanding Contribution in Practice, Who’s Who in America in the West
• Faculty: University of Washington, School of Nursing, Affiliate Instructor, Family Nurse Practitioner degree candidates

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Kathleen F. Kleiver, MSN, ARNP

Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Kathy always wanted to be a nurse. She realized her dream and she has been working in the nursing field since 1973. Most of Kathy’s experience has been in emergency medicine, but in 1998 she completed her Master of Science in Nursing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She has been in family practice since then.

Family practice gives her the opportunity to care for individuals from all generations, from birth to grandparents. She enjoys getting to know her patients and their families, and she even cares for some four-generation families. Kathy believes that patients deserve the best care, need someone to listen attentively to their healthcare concerns and should always be afforded the utmost respect. Her expertise includes diabetes, hypertension and asthma treatment.

She received her diploma in Nursing from Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, Arizona and her bachelor’s and master’s in Nursing from Saint Martin’s College in Lacey, Washington. Kathy’s master’s thesis on studying the accuracy of ear thermometers in infants won the national Best Emergency Nursing Research Award in 1998.

• Board-Certified: Family Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center and American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• Licensed: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
• MSN: Family Nurse Practitioner, Saint Martin’s College of Nursing, Lacey, WA
• BSN: Nursing, Saint Martin’s College of Nursing
• Diploma: Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, AZ
• Memberships: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American College of Nurse Practitioners, ARNPs United of Washington State
• Awards & Honors: Micromedex/ENA Foundation Best Emergency Nursing Research Award

Nan V. Walker, MSN, ARNP

Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Nan received her master’s degree in nursing from the University of California at San Francisco and was subsequently certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner. From there, she worked for several years as a Family Nurse Practitioner before devoting 20 years of her career to being a flight nurse for Airlift Northwest.

Working for an air ambulance company that airlifts or “med-evacs” patients to and from accident scenes and trauma centers via helicopter or small plane gave Nan an incredible wealth of experience working with critical care trauma patients. Her home base was the University of Washington Trauma Center, the only Level One trauma center serving five states.

Today, Nan delivers the same compassion, experience and skill to her patients at Family Care of Kent. Her 27 years of experience with thousands of patients from all walks of life and with all kinds of health conditions has taught her the importance of keeping an open mind.

She is also interested in the mind-body connections involved in healthcare, in human physiology and in understanding patients’ concerns from a holistic, whole-patient point of view.

• Board-Certified: Family Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center
• Licensed: Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
• Post-Graduate: Certificate Program in Medical Management, University of Washington, Department of Health Services
• MSN: Family Nurse Practitioner, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• BSN: Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• Memberships: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, American College of Nurse Practitioners, ARNPs United of Washington State

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If you are looking for a doctor, pediatrician or family physician in Kent, Washington, look to our board-certified nurse practitioners!  For more information or to schedule an appointment with our nurse practitioners, call FamilyCare of Kent, Washington at (253) 859-CARE (2273) or use our online appointment request form.

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