Erven, Candi D

I enjoy getting to know my patients as people. I make a point of sitting down with them and treating them like friends. It's important that patients trust me and feel they can share anything. There will never be any judgment. Knowing that I'm helping someone physically, mentally and emotionally is very gratifying.

I like to help people understand that simple lifestyle changes can make a huge difference in their health outcomes. If they have a chronic condition, I like to help them understand it so they can better manage it. I love my patients and nothing makes me happier than helping someone live their happiest, healthiest life. I lost my father to cancer in 2009, before I moved to Missouri. At the time, he told me he wanted me to be a nurse. He saw something in me I hadn't yet. I'm so thankful for my dad and our shared dream. Once I became a nurse, my desire to learn more and help others increased, so I continued my education to become a family nurse practitioner.