Lead Nurse Practitioner- Family all ages - Primary Care Specialist
Christina brings over 35 years of combined clinical experience across pre-hospital (EMT-A), hospital (Med/Surg, SICU/CTICU, ER, Transplant (solid organ) and outpatient (Urgent Care, Primary and Community Care) settings to her primary care practice. She has practiced in diverse practice environments from tertiary medical centres in Boston, MA (USA), Lebanon, NH (USA), Edmonton, AB to remote and isolated communities on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska (USA) and in the Northwest Territories.
Christina also brings over 7 years of formal teaching and precepting experience at the graduate (nurse practitioner and physician’s assistant), undergraduate (registered nurse), and community (parents and other child caretakers) levels. Teaching patients and students goes beyond written and verbal instruction to include use of various visual, auditory, and simulation aides to continuously build patient and student comprehension and self-efficacy.
Care & Service
– Pediatric, Adolescent, Adult, and Geriatric Wellness, Risk Management, and Illness Prevention
– Full complement of primary care services (illness and disease prevention, screening, diagnosis and treatment; health literacy/education; comprehensive health assessments, specialist referrals, diagnostic ordering and interpretation, prescriptions)
– LGBTQTS+ ally, collaborative care with specialists welcome
– School sports medicals, including wrestling
– Driver’s medicals
– Marine/Seafarer medicals (Transport Canada examiner)
– Government forms and insurance claims, including WCB, short- and long-term disability forms (employer, commercial insurance, and CPP), disabled parking placard forms
– Specialty care (i.e. women’s health, prenatal care, men’s health, geriatric care)
– Complex, multiple co-morbidities chronic disease management based on specialist team collaboration, as needed, from risk assessment through rehabilitation/ management of complications (i.e. diabetes, heart disease, mental health)
– Therapeutic Touch and Reiki therapies (holistic, energy-based, complementary therapies used to promote wellness and manage mind-body-spirit derangements causing discomfort)
– Office procedures – including, but not limited to, placement and removal of sutures/staples, skin biopsies, wound care, post-operative care (i.e., dressing changes, drain removal, routine and percutaneous intravenous catheter removal, foley catheter removal/changes, NGT removal, pediatric Mic-Key Button changes, orthopedic pin removal), corticosteroid knee injections, insertion and removal or implantable contraceptive rods/Nexplanon
— Karen Parker, NP – Co-Founder
When Christina isn’t providing care to her patients, she ensures a healthy work-life balance by grounding in nature, walking/hiking with her family and their dogs, and immersing herself in embroidery, gardening, and literature.
She has recently returned to Calgary after 15 years in rural and remote areas and is looking forward to refamiliarizing herself with the arts, music, and cultural opportunities it has to offer.
Complimentary Comprehensive Health Assessment
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Phone: 587-430-2477