Today we’d like to introduce you to Alexandria Watkins.
Hi Alexandria, so excited to have you on the platform. So, before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
I am a Family Nurse Practitioner from Big Spring, TX. I have experience in Neurocognitive medicine, Orthopedics, Oncology, and Gastrointestinal medicine. My love for cellular medicine started in Lubbock, TX at Texas Tech University. As a student-athlete, I depended heavily on my body’s ability to consume nutrients and increase my cells oxygen-carrying capacity in order to renew, repair, and restore my muscles. My primary focus was learning how to renew, repair, and restore the body through nutrition. This inquisitiveness led me to seeking a degree in nutritional sciences. After graduation I found myself at a crossroads, my athletic career was over and now it was time to embark on the world. I was not quite ready to leave the sports world so I sought and gained employment at a thriving Orthopedic Clinic in Lubbock. It was here at, Lubbock Sports Medicine where I was introduced to the world of nursing. This practice utilized Nurse Practitioners and it was here, Lubbock Sports Medicine where I realized my true passion for medicine and the value of a Nurse Practitioner. Fast forward one year and now I am enrolled in the Nursing program at Texas Tech Health Sciences. After graduating with my Bachelors in Nursing I took a job in Austin, TX at St. David’s Medical Center as an oncology nurse. It was here where I could combine my appreciation for nutrition and nursing. In order to administer chemotherapy and biotherapy agents, I truly had to understand the cells chemistry. During my time as an oncology nurse, I was a sponge, taking in as much education the pharmacists and specialized doctors could impart on me. After four years of bedside training at a major hospital in downtown Austin, I decided I was ready to seek higher education. I knew I was mature enough to start seeking out autonomy as a Nurse Practitioner. During my time as an oncology nurse, I noticed that there was not much talk about one’s cognitive status before or after chemotherapy and biotherapy administration. I also had grown up in a family that had experienced multiple family members with early-onset cognitive deterioration. So, I not only wanted to seek autonomy as a nurse practitioner by gaining my Master’s degree, I also wanted to do research on how to implement early cognitive screening before the disease had progressed to an irreversible state.
I enrolled at Palm Beach Atlantic University as a doctoral student in 2017. I completed my Master’s Degree in 2018 and Doctoral Thesis in 2019. My research proved that early, standardized screening for Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Neurocognitive Disorders has a place in the primary care setting. I was able to present my work at the Baptist Health South Florida Research Conference in Miami, FL, and at Bethesda Health’s Evidence-Based Nursing Practice and Research Council in Boynton Beach, FL. My thesis, “Implementing the ‘6th Vital Sign’ Into Primary Care,” is published in Sigma’s Virginia Henderson Global Nursing e-Repository. My current passions include delivering education series on understanding Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders (ADRD) and promoting early screening and detection for signs and symptoms of ADRD. After graduation, I wanted to peruse a career in family medicine while also giving back to the community that I was raised in, in Big Spring, TX. My transition from Florida to Texas started in December 2019. It was two months later, February 2020 when my whole world, like everyone else was turned upside down by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Dr. Richard Bartlett and myself were introduced and it was at this time that we decided to collaborate and write a case study with the intent to publish in a scientific journal about a treatment protocol that was effective at treating SARS-CoV-2. Our case study “SARS-CoV-2 and the Case for Empirical Treatment” was accepted and published on September 24, 2020, in a peer-reviewed, scholarly open access, internationally accredited journal – Global Journal of Science Frontier Research. Since March, 2020 I have been on the frontlines treating SARS-CoV-2 patients, I have treated well over 9,000 patients successfully. Throughout this time, I have been able to continue to provide primary care services for all new and existing patients at LiveWell Med Solutions.
I have a desire to educate and promote integrative and preventative health. My vision for
primary care is to address health by performing individual root cause analysis on imbalances that compromise one’s health. My longing is to develop vitality and health by setting goals that transform the patient’s health with an ambitious and comprehensive treatment plan that remodels the patient by achieving a symptom and disease-free existence.
It is my goal to transform healthcare in the metroplex, by providing jobs to experienced, skilled, and compassionate team members within the community. LiveWell team members will be proactive in changing the healthcare culture of the surrounding areas by providing education, restoration, and maintenance.
We all face challenges, but looking back would you describe it as a relatively smooth road?
The road to where I am now was not smooth, but I have enjoyed and appreciated ever speed bump encountered along the way. Growing up I was always a student-athlete but if one would search deep enough, they will find I more so operated as an athlete-student. In my youth, I did not appreciate my studies as much as I do now and that took a toll on me when I entered the scene at Texas Tech University. Thankfully, the Marsha Sharp Learning Center for student-athletes existed and provided valuable tutoring services and mentorship programs. The road only got bumpier from there, even though I had a Bachelor’s degree in Nutritional Sciences, it took me applying to nursing school three times before I could embark on my journey of becoming a nurse. The perseverance was well worth it though! Creating a research study and seeing it to completion for my doctoral thesis was no walk in the park either. But, all of these “bumps” in the road could do nothing to prepare me for the last two years. Being a healthcare provider in a COVID world has presented nothing but road bumps on a daily basis. Through the grace and strength of God, I continue to have a passion for providing the best care, to every patient with a sense of personal pride. I have an ambitious goal of trying to assess, treat and provide follow-up care for every COVID patient that calls our office at LiveWell Med Solutions.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about LiveWell Med Solutions?
The publication of the case study “SARS-CoV-2 and the Case for Empirical Treatment” was accepted and published on September 24, 2020, in a peer-reviewed, scholarly open access, internationally accredited journal – Global Journal of Science Frontier Research. This is monumental because since March 2020 I have been on the frontlines treating SARS-CoV-2 patients and I have treated well over 9,000 patients successfully. I am most proud of our treatment protocol that has been effective at treating SARS-CoV-2 since the very beginning of its discovery in the United States.
LiveWell Med Solutions in Flower Mound, Texas, is an integrative, progressive health care practice that prioritizes the unique needs of every patient. We specialize in concierge medicine, nutrition, and IV vitamin therapy.
Using the innovative concierge medicine model, the team at LiveWell Med Solutions provides the highest degree of personalized care for men and women.
Instead of merely treating illnesses as they occur, we emphasize disease prevention through holistic health care. In addition to preventive medicine, the team provides integrative pain management for various conditions, including headaches and migraines. We also create customized nutrition plans for healthy, long-term weight loss and offer hormone replacement therapy for adults with hormonal imbalances.
Our team at LiveWell Med Solutions dedicates itself to providing exceptional health care tailored to the needs of each patient.
Are there any important lessons you’ve learned that you can share with us?
Know your worth! Life is full of trials and tribulations and everyone has a cross to bear. I have found that a deficiency in self-worth increases the weight of that cross tenfold leading to a broken spirit.
I also keep Proverbs 17:22 in the forefront of my mind as a daily reminder: “A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.”
Contact Info:
- Email: office@livewellmedsolutions.com
- Website: www.livewellmedsolutions.com
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