Episode 07: Cardiac Health - The Healthy Heart Episode

Kim Newlin

Kim Newlin is currently practicing as a Cardiovascular Clinical Nurse Specialist and Adult Nurse Practitioner at Sutter Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, California. She first earned a BS in Exercise Physiology at University of California at Davis, then completed the RN and CNS program at the University of California, San Francisco, and the Gerontology/Adult Nurse Practitioner post-master’s program through the University of Massachusetts at Boston.

Kim is the Director of Cardiovascular Services, which includes oversight of the Cath Lab, Interventional Radiology, Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab and the Heart Health Clinic. She continues to see patients in the Heart Health clinic which she established in 2011. Kim developed the first Care Transitions Program in the Sutter Sacramento region, both of which have significantly improved the patient experience during the transition home and reduced readmissions back to the hospital by focusing on improving medication reconciliation, creating a realistic transitional care plan and helping patients and families obtain the appropriate post acute care. She also mentors new and seasoned nurses and works on a variety of process improvement programs within the hospital and the region.

Kim's Three Tips for Aging Thoughtfully:

1. Move every day. It doesn’t need to be fancy.  You don’t need expensive clothes – you don’t need to go to the gym. Just make it a priority. Fit it into your day however you have to. It doesn’t need to be more than 30 minutes, and it’s really never too late to start. So, if you don’t do anything now – anything more than you’re doing now is better.

2.  Choose to be a mindful eater. From everything to when you’re buying the food, to when you’re making your meals and when you are putting it in your mouth. Realizing that food becomes a part of you and can make all the difference in your daily energy, your mood, your weight and really your health.

3. Find a daily stress relief that does not cost money or require you to travel. 

Kim mentions the book: Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Element of Good Cooking

Heart Healthy Links from Kim!

There is not a lack of literature out there, so I recommend talking to a health care professional and doing some reading on trustworthy sites with good, easy to read information: (CDC, https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/index.html  and PCNA: https://pcna.net/clinical-resources/patient-handouts/heart-healthy-toolbox/