
FLO TREATMENTS


MEET THE NURSE PRACTITIONER
HI, I'M TINA
Let me tell you a little about myself! I have been married for 22 years. I married my husband a week after we graduated high school. We went into the Marine Corps four months later. My husband and I served four years in the Marine Corps with deployment to Iraq in 2003. After completing our enlistment we returned to Yakima and I started school.
Together we have two amazing kids who are now both adults! Our family wouldn't be complete without our three cats: Pepper, Honey, and Koshka.
I became an RN in 2009 and started my career at Yakima Memorial. I worked as an ER nurse for four years and then another four years as an OR nurse. I then decided to go back to school to be an advanced registered nurse practitioner while still working in the OR.
Once I graduated school, I worked for an orthopedic spine surgeon at Orthopedics Northwest. I left orthopedics in 2018 and went back to work in the ER. I then left the ER in August of 2022 and now I work full time at Yakima Valley Urgent Care! What a whirlwind.
I started my journey into IV therapy because I liked that this was a service that I could provide that could help people feel better. I also know how it feels to be sick (or the victim of a self inflicted hangover) and know that sometimes all you need are some fluids and medication to get you back on your feet rather than making a trip to the ER for something that is not an Emergency.
Our healthcare system is overwhelmed right now and I don’t want to tax an overwhelmed system (I am also on a mission to pay off my student loans).
I am a firm believer that sunshine, exercise, good food and good friends are the best form of medicine.
