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Laura Young is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, practicing since 2021 and is accepting new patients. Laura was born and raised in the Kansas City area. Her post high school education began at Kansas City Kansas Community College, obtaining her Associates of Science in Nursing in 2009 at the young age of 20 years old on a presidential scholarship awarded from high school. She then went on to working as a bedside nurse for over 12 years. Laura went back to college, obtaining her Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing from MidAmerica Nazarene University in 2018 while continuing to work at the bedside. She continued to excel in her career, being nominated many times for Daisy Nursing awards, obtaining her trauma nurse certification, and being a charge nurse in a trauma intensive care unit, along with responding to trauma activations in the emergency room.
Laura found a passion for mental health along the way and decided to go to graduate school for her master s degree and specialize as a psychiatric nurse practitioner. During those three years, she continued to work full-time in the intensive care unit. She was a frontline worker in the Covid pandemic, while still holding onto her passion of mental health. Laura completed over 800 hours of clinical time with social workers, therapists, and a psychiatrist, along with completing her nurse practitioner degree in August 2021 from Maryville University. She went on to achieve board certification in September 2021 and has been actively working in diagnosis and medication management since October 2021. Laura remains passionate about mental healthcare and is a major advocate for mental health in her community and beyond. Laura is a doctoral candidate, pending December 2026.
In her free time, Laura enjoys the outdoors, and traveling with her husband and son, spending time with her parrots, watching Chiefs, Royals, and KU basketball games, and lives in the Kansas City area.