SURGICAL ASSOCIATES OF                            THE SHOALS, PC

Kristy Oden, DNP CRNP

Kristy Oden has been a nurse practitioner in the Shoals area since 2005.  She has earned her Master’s degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner and her Doctorate degree in Nursing Practice and has worked in the area of Adult Health and Gastroenterology.  She is also an Assistant Professor at the University of North Alabama in the College of Nursing.  There she teaches courses such as nursing theory, advanced pathophysiology, and research in the Masters of Nursing Program.  Most recently, she received the Phi Kappa Phi Eleanor Gaunder Teaching Excellence Award.

Dr. Kristy Oden

University of North Alabama

Master’s of Science in Nursing