My nursing career has always been interesting and challenging. For eight years I worked at Stanford University Hospital in a combined medicine and psychiatry unit and then moved to the Clinic Research Center where I was involved in diabetes and cardiac transplantation studies. During the past 10 years, I've enjoyed providing primary health care for families in Auburn.
Nursing has an important niche in primary care medicine.
I've found that patients really appreciate a nurse practitioner's emphasis on health promotion and patient education. Since I've been a reluctant patient all my life, I understand the importance of providing information that enables patients to make informed health care decisions. I try to make my office encounters with adults and children as comfortable and informative as possible. It's important for patients to understand that they have a collaborative role with us in maintaining good health. Copyright 1998 UC Regents.