Nurse Practitioner Week: Heather Todd, FNP-C

Dur­ing Nation­al Nurse Prac­ti­tion­er Week, we cel­e­brate the ded­i­cat­ed health­care pro­fes­sion­als at QMG, where we are for­tu­nate to have 38 nurse prac­ti­tion­ers car­ing for patients in the region. Among them is Heather Todd, FNP‑C, who has been with QMG since 2016.

Todd’s jour­ney into health­care was fueled by her pas­sion for help­ing oth­ers. Before becom­ing a nurse prac­ti­tion­er, she spent nine years as a reg­is­tered nurse in the inten­sive care unit, where she was inspired to fur­ther her edu­ca­tion and career.

“This is where I dis­cov­ered my pas­sion for help­ing oth­ers dur­ing their most vul­ner­a­ble times. This pas­sion is what inspired me to fur­ther my edu­ca­tion to become a nurse prac­ti­tion­er,” she stated.

In her dual role at QMG in Nephrol­o­gy and Inter­nal Med­i­cine, Todd pro­vides a unique com­bi­na­tion of pri­ma­ry and spe­cial­ty care, result­ing in the deliv­ery of com­pre­hen­sive care.

She shared, ​“The most ful­fill­ing aspect of being a nurse prac­ti­tion­er is sim­ply being able to help oth­ers in their times of need. To build trust with my patients, it is impor­tant for me to take time to get to know them on a per­son­al lev­el. This then allows me to use my knowl­edge to pro­vide guid­ance while ensur­ing patient-dri­ven care.”

Rec­og­niz­ing the sig­nif­i­cance of her role, Todd doesn’t take it for grant­ed. She con­veys grat­i­tude for the oppor­tu­ni­ty to be part of the lives of others.

“I am thank­ful for the oppor­tu­ni­ty to be a nurse prac­ti­tion­er. I plan to con­tin­ue my jour­ney of pro­vid­ing the high­est qual­i­ty care to the patients in our com­mu­ni­ty and am hope­ful to con­tin­ue to pos­i­tive­ly impact the lives of oth­ers,” she concluded.