72. Online Courses, Private Practice & Building a Certification Program with Kathy Kates FNP

In this episode, you're going to meet Kathy Kates, FNP a champion of women’s health, and ran a women’s health program for a large medical institution for over a decade. For the first four years, Kathy never thought much about the pelvic floor, and the impact it has on women’s health overall, but after undergoing breast cancer treatment she had significant dyspareunia and learned — as a pelvic floor therapy patient — how important pelvic health is... and how little she learned about it in her NP training.

Kathy Kates and PT colleague, Melissa Hines, are the powerhouses behind Wellest Integrative Health clinic and their unique interdisciplinary approach has worked very successfully helping thousands of patients. They mentor and train other women’s health care providers and created theInstitute for Pelvic Health™ to share the knowledge and provide new learning opportunities. Kathy and Melissa are also founders of the ground-breaking educational community, Woman NP Please, for Nurse Practitioners!

We discuss..

• Online course platforms and compare the pros and cons of two of the biggest ones
• Why staying in your lane in healthcare might not be best for patient care
• Why she's building her business with a friend and colleague
• Her best advice for budding Nurse CEOs who are tired of hearing, "you can't do that"