Alisa Kindig, CWHNP

Women's Health Nurse Practitioner

Ms. Alisa Kindig is a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner in Coralville, IA with special training and skill in the lifelong care of women, with a strong focus on gynecological and obstetric health. As a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, Alisa Kindig, CWHNP performs prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of women. Women's Health Nurse Practice is an advanced-practice that specializes in comprehensive primary care services for women of all ages. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Women's Health Nurse Practitioners include nutritional deficiencies, hormone imbalances, menstrual irregularities, viral infections, injuries, and sexually transmitted diseases. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Women's Health Nurse Practitioners include wellness check-up, contraceptive care, STD screening and follow up, pregnancy testing, common infection evaluation and treatment, as well as premenopause and postmenopause care.

Nurse Practitioner

A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.