Board Certification

  • Family Nurse Practitioner
  • Emergency Nurse Practitioner
  • Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Areas of Expertise

  • Primary care
  • Pediatric illness, wellness & vaccinations
  • Health promotion and disease prevention
  • Acute and chronic disease management
  • Women’s health
  • Various skin disorders
  • STDs
  • Skin biopsy
  • FB removal
  • Splinting of fracture and dislocation
  • Joint dislocation reduction
    Laceration Repair
  • Incision and Drainage
  • Knee aspiration
    Ingrown toenail removal
  • Epistaxis control
  • EKG interpretation

Education

Graduate School

Post Master Certificate
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Acute care nurse practitioner

Doctorate
University of Texas at Arlington
Doctor of Nursing Practice

Master’s
University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley

Undergraduate School

Cleveland State University
Family nurse practitioner
Nursing

Hospitals Affiliated With

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

St Joseph Medical Center

Publications

Tang, X. “Improving Medication Adherence Among Adult Patients with Coronary Heart Disease” National Nurse Practitioner Symposium in Keystone, Colorado, July 20-23, 2017

Tang, X. Capstone Project presentation entitled “Improving Medication Adherence Among Adult Patients with Coronary Heart Disease” University of Texas at Arlington, November 30, 2016.

Tang, X. Practice Intervention Project presentation entitled “Interventions of Diabetes Management Among Patients with Low Health Literacy” RGV Career Institute, nursing students and teachers, July 31, 2012.

Personal Interests

Xinxin likes to be active and go to gym whenever she is off. Swimming, jogging, playing basketball and badminton with kids are the favorite things and best way to relax herself. She also likes to spend time reading with kids.

Biography

Xinxin came to the US in 2008. Since then, she hasn’t stopped learning and exploring in medicine. She is a board certified family nurse practitioner, emergency nurse practitioner and adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner. While she was in school, she was one of the top students. In the past 10 years, she has been multitasking, being a full time student with one full time job and one part time job. At the same time, she also managed to deliver and raise her kids with her husband. She has been practicing in different areas as a nurse practitioner including primary care, urgent care, emergency medicine, and cardiology since 2013. During her education and work experience, she has gained strong knowledge of medicine in emergency medicine, inpatient and outpatient care. Xinxin also enjoys caring for and educating patients and their family members about their diseases and health. She treats every patient as if they were her own family member.