Dana is a board-certified adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner (AGACNP-BC) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She has specialty credentials as a flight nurse, an acute/critical care nurse and an emergency nurse and is licensed in Florida as an APRN, emergency medical technician, paramedic and registered nurse. Her professional memberships include the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, Heart Failure Society of America and Emergency Nurses Association. She is a member of three honor societies: Sigma Theta Tau for nurses, Golden Key and Phi Kappa Phi.