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Recent News
| Daily News Journal - Wellness office moves downtown |
View the full article on the Murfreesboro move at www.dnj.com. |
| Wellness Solutions of Tennessee Moves Its Murfreesboro Office to Historic Downtown Murfreesboro |
MURFREESBORO – February 9, 2012: Wellness Solutions of Tennessee moved its patient services office in Murfreesboro to the SunTrust Bank Building located in Historic Downtown Murfreesboro one block east of the Square. The new office is located at 201 East Main Street, Suite 470, Murfreesboro, TN 37130. Jason M. Tallman, PMHNP, BC – Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner – oversees all mental health patient services and medication management for Wellness Solutions in Murfreesboro. Jason is a 2007 graduate of Vanderbilt University’s psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner program and has extensive experience providing inpatient and outpatient services for clients of all ages. Appointments may be made by calling 615.673.6737 or 800.474.4007. |
| Wellness Solutions of Tennessee Continues Growth of its Patient Services and Providers |
NASHVILLE – January 11, 2012: Wellness Solutions of Tennessee continues to expand its patient services in Nashville by adding the following additional psychiatric and medical services providers in December 2011. John E. Burkhardt II, Psy.D. is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who provides neuro-cognitive and psychological assessments along with individual and group psychotherapy to children, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients. He has a strong interest in sports psychology especially as it relates to golf and ice hockey. John holds certifications in Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) and Health Information Portability Privacy Act (HIPPA) as well as affiliations with American Psychological Associations, Neuroscience Education Institute, the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis. Jennifer Nichols DeHaven, MSN, APN, PMHNP-BC, a board certified family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences in 1997 before receiving her Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University in 2007. She received both the Kathleen S. Nelson Scholarship and the Nightingale Scholarship from Vanderbilt University. Following graduation, she earned a National Health Service Corps award through the Department of Health and Human Services. Jennifer’s primary focus is on providing psychiatric mental health for a wide range of patients. She most recently worked extensively with the Comprehensive Counseling Network performing psychiatric evaluations and medication management services. She has more than six years of clinical experience and holds board certification with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) in family psychiatric & mental health. Karen F. Hyden, APN-BC, MSN, M.Ed is a board certified women’s health nurse practitioner with a primary focus on Bioidentical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT). Her focus integrates a combination of traditional and natural medicines that help prevent illness while restoring health to give women power over their bodies. Karen earned a Master of Education in Applied Child Studies and her Master of Science degree in Nursing from Vanderbilt University in 2008. Since that time, she has worked as a nurse practitioner in several family practice clinics across Middle Tennessee. |
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A Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse who has completed additional advanced level educational requirements. Nurse Practitioners have training in the diagnosis and management of common, as well as complex, medical and psychiatric conditions. NPs provide primary and acute care, chronic disease management, and are qualified to meet the majority of patients’ healthcare needs. They practice in clinics, hospitals, emergency rooms, urgent care facilities, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, schools and colleges, and private NP practices. All states require a national board certification. In Tennessee, a Master’s Degree is required before you can practice with this designation. Collaboration is a significant benefit to using a Nurse Practitioner. NPs communicate with physicians and other professionals in the patient’s healthcare network, Medication Management is an important role of the Nurse Practitioner. Often due to their more frequent and personal interaction with the patient, medications can be prescribed more effectively and in some cases, fewer are required. Lower healthcare costs are being reported by people utilizing a NP for quality healthcare and counseling services. According to The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, patients who use a NP as their primary care provider often have fewer emergency room visits, shorter hospital stays, and lower medication costs. Some NPs obtain a degree specializing in psychiatric mental health – those NPs are designated as a Psychiatric Mental Health NP (PMHNP). PMHNPs provide a high level of psychiatric counseling, psychiatric medication management, wellness education, and educational consultations to families. >p> Nurse practitioners have become a popular referral source. Since many train and specialize in a specific area of medicine, they gain the trust from fellow healthcare professionals to further evaluate and treat their patients. An estimated 600 million visits to NPs will be made this year showing the high level of acceptance and trust with these healthcare providers. |
Nurse practitioners (NPs) have provided a high level of healthcare services to patients for more than 45 years. The nurse practitioner role had its inception in the mid-1960s in response to a nationwide shortage of physicians. As of 2010, there are about 135,000 practicing NPs in the US.
