Meet the NP
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Your Nurse Practitioner!
I remember living in Newport News, Virginia, in the summertime at the age of 14 years old. I volunteered as a candy striper in a nursing home, combing the elderly resident’s hair, painting their nails, filling up ice pitchers, reading to them, and attending activities with them. It was at that nursing home where the seed was planted for me to take care of people. With that seed planted, I moved to Houston, Texas, and became close to my grandmother, who worked as an LVN at the old Veteran’s Hospital in the 1970s.
I used to watch her iron her all-white nursing dresses and pants for work, including using white shoe polish to shine her all-white SAS shoes. That image of her never left me and has been implanted in me still to this day, long after she passed away when I was 19 years old.
That seed began to manifest in me so greatly that I worked odds-and-end jobs and paid my tuition at San Jacinto Community College in Houston, Texas, in 2003, enrolling and graduating from their LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse) nursing program.
It was as an LVN that I was introduced to mental health. I worked at Intracare Hospital in Houston, Texas, helping other LVNs, registered nurses, psychiatrists, and psychologists (some of the top) take care of mentally ill patients that ranged in age from 6 years old and up. I gained experience working with children, adolescent boys and girls, and adults suffering from various mental illnesses. It was there that a lovely angel (a registered nurse) placed another seed in me, telling me how important it is to continue my education and thanking me for a job well done working alongside her to take care of the mentally ill population.
From there, that seed manifested and grew, and I received a job at the Veterans Hospital in Houston, Texas, taking care of our nation’s heroes suffering from mental illness. With the thought of that seed, I went back to school and became a registered nurse with an associates degree. I then realized that God had a plan for me that I could have never imagined. From there, I went back to school to become a registered nurse with a baccalaureate degree. That seed kept growing with God pushing me higher as I went back to school again and became what I am today as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified Master’s Prepared.
With the years of experience I have gained working with mental illness, I have become specialized in working with specific cases that I have become an expert in to help you get your life back on track. I have personally seen the worst-case scenarios and will do my best with the clinical skills, experience, and education I have obtained working with various mental health diagnoses to get you back on track. Its time to trust not only a nurse practitioner, but a nurse practitioner who will provide you with the utmost evidence-based treatments available to help combat your mental health, including providing a non-judgmental, positive environment and giving you the most dignity, empathy, and respect as we tackle your issues together. Let me help you. We can do this one day at a time. Epperson’s Behavioral Healthcare focuses on its mission to help improve the lives of those who are suffering from mental illness.
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Are you or a loved one in need of mental health support? Reach out to Epperson’s Behavioral Healthcare. Our team is ready to provide you with the care and assistance you need to improve your mental wellness.
If you are having a mental health emergency, please call 988 for help.