Karen L. DeLong, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner with Prescriptive Authority, joined Respiratory Specialists in 2007. She holds a Master of Science in Nursing.

 

 

She was raised in Fleetwood, PA, and received an Associate Degree in Nursing from Reading Area Community College in Reading, PA. She graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Alvernia College also in Reading, and a Master's Degree in Nursing from Millersville University, Millersville, PA. She completed a tobacco cessation education program and became a Certified Tobacco Treatment Specialist (CTTS) by the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ.

 

 

She worked as an RN at St. Joseph Medical Center in Reading, PA for twenty-six years before becoming board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center as a Family Nurse Practitioner. 

 

At Respiratory Specialists, Sleep Medicine is her respiratory specialty, and that includes education of the patient population on Obstructive Sleep Apnea and other sleep disorders. She works closely with the practice's certified sleep physicians and the Sleep Health Center staff. The practice's Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) clinic is under her direction. Promoting good sleep health is extremely important to her.

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"Life is a gift. It is very rewarding to me when I am able to educate patients about their disease process and assist them in improving their lives.  

Patients need to understand the negative impact that sleep disorders produce on both the body's daily functioning and long-term health. Sleep Medicine offers treatment that can produce dramatic and positive change."