NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Registered Nurse First Assistant in Tennessee

37 NPPES records list registered nurse first assistant with a practice address in Tennessee, 0.5 per 100,000 residents, the 24th highest rate of 51. Nashville and Memphis have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Tennessee license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 163WR0006X · method

Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

Nashville has the most, 15

  1. Nashville15
  2. Memphis3
  3. Chattanooga2
  4. Clarksville2
  5. Mount Juliet2

Registered Nurse First Assistant records in Tennessee

  1. Francisco Barranco, C.R.N.F.A.Nashville, TN 372031790816981
  2. Elizabeth Brown, DNP,RN,CNOR,CRNFANashville, TN 372321154007060
  3. Sean BunchNashville, TN 372151649124587
  4. Mary Burnett, CRNFANashville, TN 372111821288879
  5. Dennis Castle, RNNashville, TN 372031497911739
  6. Roselee CatheyBluff City, TN 376181598439663
  7. Lisa Christianson, R..N.Chattanooga, TN 374051942428131
  8. Rhonda Cincere, RNNashville, TN 372051871744458
  9. Darla Cleaves, RNFAMurfreesboro, TN 371301245460872
  10. Elizabeth Cron, CRNFANashville, TN 372051922126820
  11. Lisa Donaldson, RNFANashville, TN 372031982706107
  12. Rebecca Gooden, RNNashville, TN 372031508022849
  13. Carol Greiner, CRNFANashville, TN 372361346377884
  14. Richard HardingMadison, TN 371151629234778
  15. Rebecca Harper, RNFAParis, TN 382421003224965
  16. Rae Hatfield Yarbrough, RNNashville, TN 372031144476557
  17. Juvy Henthorne, RNBartlett, TN 381331104586288
  18. Kathleen Howell, CRNFANashville, TN 372361720119977
  19. Janice Hutcherson, RNFAJackson, TN 383051063689156
  20. Olivia LeeNashville, TN 372051972482131
  21. Sarah Legassie, RNKingsport, TN 376631609469378
  22. James McClanahan, CRNFAMount Juliet, TN 371221982978847
  23. Dawn Oneal, RNFACrossville, TN 385551598134058
  24. William Poepsel, R.N. F.A.Memphis, TN 381201063609675
  25. Keri RitchieBirchwood, TN 373081104208297
  26. Laura Shaughnessy, RNFAMount Juliet, TN 371221861803496
  27. Raymond Signore, RNFAMemphis, TN 381201760601884
  28. Vickie Smeltzer, RNFACharleston, TN 373101376789339
  29. Barbara Steely, R.N., BSN, CNOR,Clarksville, TN 370431730330549
  30. Samantha Street, RN,FA,CNORMemphis, TN 381201023248630
  31. Ernest Thomason, RNGray, TN 376151912142993
  32. Mindy Thorp, RNFANashville, TN 372151295152916
  33. Shawn TurnerNashville, TN 372111922232396
  34. Mariah Turrentine, FNP-CChattanooga, TN 374041861141855
  35. Bobby Underwood, CRNFAMount Pleasant, TN 384741972575512
  36. Jennifer Whaley, RNClarksville, TN 370431891523379
  37. Deborah White, RN, CRNFAKnoxville, TN 379201023106317

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WR0006X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Tennessee ranks 24 of 51 per resident

  1. New Mexico0.6
  2. Ohio0.6
  3. Kentucky0.6
  4. Tennessee0.5
  5. Virginia0.5
  6. Pennsylvania0.5
  7. 50 states and D.C.0.8

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 163WR0006X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

2.7% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 1.9% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Tennessee2.7%
  2. United States1.9%

Registered Nurse First Assistant records in Tennessee, measured

  • In a Medicare file1 of 37 · 2.7% here, 1.9% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file1 · 2.7% here, 0.7% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more32 · 86.5% here, 74.6% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 163WR0006X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

37 NPPES records list registered nurse first assistant (163WR0006X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Tennessee: 0.5 per 100,000 residents against 0.8 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Nashville has 15 of them (41%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Nevada36
  2. Mississippi42
  3. Virginia43
  4. Louisiana45

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Kentucky0.6
  2. Pennsylvania0.5
  3. Ohio0.6
  4. Oklahoma0.4

The largest states

  1. Texas310
  2. California303
  3. Florida215
  4. New Jersey213
  5. New York127

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.