Sara Paul has been an advanced practice nurse in cardiovascular nursing for the past 25 years. In the role of Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist (10 years), Sara worked to promote the professional development of staff and to develop systems to improve patient care. For the last 15 years, Sara has been a nurse practitioner and is currently the Director of the Heart Function Clinic at Western Piedmont Heart Centers in Hickory, NC. Prior to moving to NC, Sara started a heart failure clinic at the Medical University of South Carolina. Sara is a founding member of the American Association of Heart Failure nurses, and has served as newsletter editor, Secretary for the Board of Directors, chairman of the annual meeting committee, and chairman of the Heart Failure Disease Management workshop. She is also on the Executive Council of the Heart Failure Society of America and has served on the Leadership Team of the American Heart Association Cardiovascular Nursing Council. Sara has spoken at conferences around the U.S. and Canada, and has numerous publications in books and journals, as well as a textbook she co-edited titled The Nurses Guide to Cardiac Rhythm Interpretation.