“I want patients to be involved in their care and I want to have a collaborative partnership with them."
Jenny Reynolds is a nurse practitioner, specializing in sleep medicine. She helps patients who have conditions that affect the brain, spinal cord and nerves, along with those who have sleep disorders.
After working for a decade as a registered nurse, Reynolds felt pulled to a career that would allow her the opportunity to provide continuity of care for her patients.
“I'm empowered to help people with their sleep disorders, especially related to sleep apnea," Reynolds said. “There is a lot of stigma around people wearing continuous positive airway pressure machines, or CPAPs, but I want to help people be comfortable with them and to understand the health benefits that come from wearing one."
Reynolds urges each patient to be an advocate in their own health care decisions and to work with her as a team to create a care plan.
“This is not about me telling them what to do, but how can we work together and get the most realistic and best possible outcomes," Reynolds said.
Reynolds earned her master's degree in family nursing from University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, and her bachelor's degree from Penn State University in State College.
In her spare time, Reynolds enjoys spending time with her husband and children, hiking, camping and traveling. She also likes to read and craft.