Family nurse practitioners are primary care providers, so we can diagnose and manage any primary care concern. Just as primary care physicians, when you have advanced disease, we can offer referrals to specialists and then help you understand your options. Chronic disease is our speciality and add to that a functional and integrative approach, we can help you truly achieve your best health.
The most common reasons clients visit visit our practice is for depression and anxiety, panic attacks, weight loss, high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, back pain, dermatitis, thyroid disease and a variety of autoimmune diseases or infectious disease, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, mold exposure, Lyme disease, and Lupus.
While simple problems or urgent problems are often seen in the primary care office, such as ear infections, upper respiratory issues, and diarrhea, we don't see these as often because our clients are not typically inclined to treat inconvenience. They are typically more educated and understand viruses are those scenarios in which one must take rest, replenish the body, identify the trigger and eliminate it, and offer a bit of patience. Certainly, they check in with us and assure they are on the right path, or they gain wisdom from our wellness forum for home remedy ideas, but unless t