Post Author: Bettina Reed, FNP-BC
Bettina Reed has been a practicing family nurse practitioner for 30 years and a registered nurse for 33 years, working in private practice, federally qualified health centers (FQHC), hospice, and hospitals. Her core values are God, family, country, truth, compassion, kindness, equality, hard work, and peace.
Her father made house calls and saw patients on their farm as well as in his practice. He taught them that everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time and that every person matters. Her mother is a German immigrant, a war child, who taught her that there are many sides to a story. Watching her German Oma and Opa age and die showed her that socialized medicine is not the answer. Her German cousin, who has been a physician for many years, taught her the rest of that broken system.
She has been married for 33 years, living on the farm with her horses, donkey, dogs, cats, koi, fruit trees, and flower and vegetable gardens. Her family raises cattle and hay. Her recreational passions include her animals, gardening, reading, fishing, swimming, beaches, and wide-open spaces.
She is a strong advocate for both patients and health care workers. She is curious, loves to learn, and asks a lot of “whys.”
Bettina Reed has been a practicing family nurse practitioner for 30 years and a registered nurse for 33 years, working in private practice, federally qualified health centers (FQHC), hospice, and hospitals. Her core values are God, family, country, truth, compassion, kindness, equality, hard work, and peace.
Her father made house calls and saw patients on their farm as well as in his practice. He taught them that everyone puts their pants on one leg at a time and that every person matters. Her mother is a German immigrant, a war child, who taught her that there are many sides to a story. Watching her German Oma and Opa age and die showed her that socialized medicine is not the answer. Her German cousin, who has been a physician for many years, taught her the rest of that broken system.
She has been married for 33 years, living on the farm with her horses, donkey, dogs, cats, koi, fruit trees, and flower and vegetable gardens. Her family raises cattle and hay. Her recreational passions include her animals, gardening, reading, fishing, swimming, beaches, and wide-open spaces.
She is a strong advocate for both patients and health care workers. She is curious, loves to learn, and asks a lot of "whys."
I grew up in a medical family, primary care. I’ve worked in the medical field for 40 years, from the front office to the back, lab to radiology. I’ve been a registered nurse for 33 years and a family nurse practitioner for 30 years. I have worked in hospitals, private practices, federally qualified health centers (FQHC), hospice, and corporate health. I am deeply passionate about my calling—caring and advocating for …
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