About Us
Kristy Spaulding,
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Kristy Spaulding has been a Family Nurse Practitioner since 2007. While working in rural healthcare areas, she discovered a need for better mental health services. In 2013, she graduated with a second Master’s degree as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner from Gonzaga University in Spokane WA. Kristy opened Montana Telepsych Solutions in Fall of 2014. She is board certified through the American Nurse Credential Center as a PMHNP and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners as a FNP.
Ms. Spaulding currently treats a number of common conditions:
- Depression
- Anxiety Disorders
- PTSD
- Panic Disorders
- Obsessive –Compulsive Disorder
- Bipolar and other mood disorders
- Attention Deficit Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Dementia and other Geriatric psychiatric issues
Kristy believes in a holistic approach to mental health care and incorporates lifestyle and nutritional education for patients seeking alternatives to medications. She can assist in improving “treatment resistant” symptoms of depression such as fatigue and weight gain. Kristy is happy to make dietary or supplement suggestions to augment or replace the prescription medication you are currently taking.
What is a PMHNP?
American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Psychiatric Mental Health Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (PMHNP) offer psychiatric services to the psychiatric-mental health population. PMHNP’s assess, diagnose, and treat individuals and families with psychiatric disorders or the potential for such disorders using their full scope of therapeutic skills, including the prescription of medication and diagnosis of mental disorders. PMHNP’s are Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) who earn masters or doctoral degrees in psychiatric-mental health nursing. APRNs apply the nursing process to assess, diagnose, and treat individuals or families with psychiatric disorders and identify risk factors for such disorders.