Trudi Schultz, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Trudi earned her Bachelor of Arts from Wheaton College (MA) in English and Neuroscience in 2014. Afterward, she worked as an EMT for Campion Ambulance, LLC in Waterbury and Cheshire while attending UConn’s accelerated nursing program for her second bachelor’s in 2017. With a passion for neuroscience, she immediately began working as an RN on the general neurology floor at Yale-New Haven Hospital, caring for patients with neurological, neurosurgical and epilepsy disorders before moving on to spend the last five years as a critical care nurse in the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. While in the ICU, she served as co-chair of the Patient-Family Advisory Council, Journal Committee and Palliative Care Committee, as well as a preceptor for new graduate nurses.

Trudi graduated from Baylor University in August of 2023 with her Doctor of Nursing Practice, specializing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Her doctoral project focused on awareness and prevention of elderly abuse. She is board-certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, and a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nursing, the American Holistic Nursing Association, and the Connecticut APRN Society. Her clinical interests include functional medicine, nutrition and preventative care, along with neurology and geriatrics. In her free time, Trudi enjoys reading, cooking, baking, Cape Cod and spending as much time outside as possible with her family and friends.