NYSAOHN Member Focus - Ann Klinger MSN, RN, FNP-C, COHN-S

NYSAOHN Member Focus - Ann Klinger MSN, RN, FNP-C, COHN-S

Meet Ann Klinger, the new President of the Finger Lakes Association of Occupational Health Nurses (FLAOHN) Chapter.  FLAOHN is a New York State local chapter covering the Southern Tier of the state including Corning, Elmira, Ithaca and Binghamton.

Ann earned an associate degree in nursing at Corning Community College; a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Elmira College; a bachelor's degree in sociology from Keuka College and earned a master's degree/ nurse practitioner from SUNY Stony Brook. She also holds a certificate in complementary and alternative medicine from Drexel University.

A member of AAOHN since 1997, Ann became a COHN-S in 2009.  Other certifications Ann holds include Certified Family Nurse Practitioner in 2006 and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Certified Medical Examiner in 2014.  She is licensed to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in both Pennsylvania and New York. 

Ann expresses an avid interest in Lifestyle management and Preventive Medicine.  She certified as a Tobacco Treatment Specialist, Mayo Clinic trained, since 2008.

Since January 2017 Ann has worked in Occupational Medicine at the Guthrie Medical Group in Sayre, Pennsylvania.  Prior to that, she worked for The Guthrie Clinic as Manager of the Employee Health Office for 11 years. She also worked at Ingersoll Rand as both the plant nurse and  the safety/environmental manager for 9 years and, before that, she was a plant nurse at Osram Sylvania.  She also worked at Guthrie prior to Osram Sylvania, for 10 years in various positions.  Ann states, " I became a nurse when I was 10!!!".

 Ann resides in Ulster, Pa.  She is the proud mother of 4 grown children and grandmother of 3 grandchildren!  She loves to cook and bake, especially pie baking!  Among her other interests is gardening and she tries her best to grow African violets – "a gene I hope I’ve inherited from my Mom!!".

Ann offers this Occupational Medicine pearl– "It’s all about the details!  Any situation, any person – the more details, the better! Every person has a story.  Whenever I see a patient, I get as many details as possible to get the whole picture.  This pearl has always served me well and I would recommend this to anyone who deals with people."