Kayla Overstreet, MSN, APRN, CPNP, has joined Carolina Caring’s Cardinal Kids Program as Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Cardinal Kids is one of the few programs in North Carolina that offers specialized palliative and hospice care to seriously ill children and their families.

Overstreet earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Jacksonville State University and went on to receive a master of science in nursing from University of Alabama in Birmingham. Prior to joining Carolina Caring, she has spent over 10 years in pediatrics, with the last 4 years as an APRN in pediatric palliative care at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta.

As a community-based Cardinal Kids healthcare provider, Overstreet will work alongside a team of doctors, nurses, social workers and chaplains to provide expert, customized pediatric care to children with chronic conditions and life-threatening illnesses. She will partner with each child’s regular physician and their family caregivers to manage the pain and other symptoms caused by their illness, and help them make the most of each day.

“I’m honored to be able help children and families during some of their most vulnerable times," says Overstreet. “It's my mission to support and empower them as they face a serious illness."

The Cardinal Kids Program provides physical, emotional and spiritual comfort throughout a 12-county area including Alexander, Burke, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, McDowell, Mecklenburg and Rowan counties.

For more information about the Cardinal Kids program, visit CarolinaCaring.org/cardinalkids.

Carolina Caring, founded in 1979, is an independent, community-based, nonprofit healthcare provider. It specializes in programs that offer relief from chronic conditions, serious illnesses, and the challenges they bring, including palliative medicine and hospice care for all ages, primary care and grief counseling. Currently, Carolina Caring serves 12 counties across western North Carolina and the Charlotte Region. For more information about Carolina Caring, please call 828.466.0466 or visit www.CarolinaCaring.org.