Nurse Practitioner Student experience at MaxWell Clinic
Tue, 03/17/2009 - 01:00 — Anonymous
Dear Prospective Student, The intention of this letter is to introduce you to the concepts of functional medicine, and how that relates to you as a student. If you are looking for a clinical experience that consists of shuffling a high volume of patients in and out all day, then this is not for you. Here at the MaxWell Clinic, much time is spent with each patient establishing relationships, understanding their healthcare needs, and examining their expectations. This type of medicine requires an open mind as many of the skills and concepts you will see here are not taught in traditional nursing or medical programs. All of the practices at the MaxWell clinic are both medically sound and evidence based. Each patient is treated as an individual, not as a diagnosis, and therefore may not present as you may expect.
While some acute care takes place here, the majority of the patients at this clinic experience chronic illnesses. This makes an excellent opportunity for you to learn disease processes, how to best manage them in each individual patient, and follow the patient throughout their treatment plan. The patients here are very involved in their healthcare, and much effort is put in to educating them and helping them to make medically appropriate decisions. You will find that many illnesses can be relieved or resolved with the use of nutritional supplements and dietary consciousness as opposed to traditional pharmaceuticals. This being said, all the patients make their own decisions about whether or not they prefer natural or prescriptive treatment.
The goal of functional medicine is to assist each patient in functioning at his or her highest state of well being. The amount of knowledge you will gain here will most likely be overwhelming at first, but really it is simply looking at medicine in a different way. It is getting back to the roots of illness, and the onion must be peeled one layer at a time. There is no magic or miracles involved, and just as it takes time to become ill, it takes time to become well. I encourage you to think about all this as you consider MaxWell Clinic for your clinical rotation. This will truly be an eye-opening experience for you.
Best Wishes in Your Healthcare Endeavors,
Lindsey Thompson, RN, BSN
Student Nurse Practitioner
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What Our Patients Are Saying...
6/5/10
I’m a 63 year old, Wife, Mother and Grandmother, with only One Wish, when I went to Maxwell Clinic, I asked to feel 20 years old again, not to look or act 20 but to feel 20 again.
After only four weeks, I feel that I’m well on my way. As a Business Woman and Avid Gardner with many hobbies, including bicycling and horseback riding. I feel Dr. Haase has me well on my way to being healthy and active again with only a minimum amount of time each week.
I feel better than I have in years.
Thank you Dr. Haase.
JoAnn T.
Fayetteville, Tenn.
Dr. Haase, I don't know how to say thanks. You have no idea what it's like to get my memory back and feel normal again. I wake up everyday and thank the Lord for you. Most doctors wouldn't have found the root cause - but you are so thorough and so gifted! I am so grateful to you and so fortunate to have you as my partner in healthcare! (now if you could just do something to improve my handwriting! :-) )
Two years ago I had a hysterectomy. My GYN told me afterwards he would give me hormone supplements and they would make me feel better, more mellow and would help my stress levels. I was not able to take the hormones they made me feel weird and severely depressed. I really did not want to live anymore, I felt like half a woman. He told me I had issues and I needed to see a Psychiatrist. My regular MD referred me to a compounding pharmacist and he did his best to help to no avail, and he referred me to Dr Haase. With Dr. Haase's wisdom and compassion he has helped me tremendously. He was a great listener when everyone else refused to hear. He did not make me think I was crazy. He gave me reassurance and hope that everything would be okay. I am a different person today because of Dr. Haase, he will never know how much his kind words and his great knowledge has meant to me.
R.R., Tennessee
Two long years ago, my active, otherwise healthy Mom had a massive heart attack and subsequent surgery.
Since that time, her recovery crawled along; she never fully regained her strength or for that matter, her personality. "Mimi" (as she is affectionately called by her children, grand and great-grandchildren) was just not herself any more. We have always known Mimi to be talkative and decisive and active, all day everyday. Instead, she slept more and more; felt "bad" almost daily; would do minimal household tasks and then return to bed.
On her very first visit to the Clinic, Mimi really brightened up. She would say later that Dr Haase was the "first doctor who every REALLY listened to me!” Dr Haase began tailoring a specific program to meet Mimi's needs...always with the focus on healthy living habits. Little by little, Mimi has begun to change for the better. Family members have commented on being able to converse with her again, that she remembers better now- both big things and what day it is. She has just begun to walk more and sleep less....and she is beginning to show a renewed interest in her garden. Each of us is able to enjoy our Mimi a bit more than before...and best of all, she is starting to enjoy herself more!
We are forever grateful to Dr Haase for his passion to help, his courage to seek new solutions and his generous, happy spirit. Dr. Haase's work is helping to reverse the dwindling spiral for elderly adults....to make life worth living again.
In April 2008 I walked into Dr. Haase’s office so ill that I thought I would not be able to continue my job. The chronic and severe abdominal pain I had been experiencing for at least two yrs had taken its toll. Dr. Haase listened intently as I described my physical challenges and then began asking questions never before asked of me, honing in on such things as my lifestyle. I knew immediately that his approach was unique and deliberate.
Another of his unique characteristics is his desire that you understand why your body is acting the way it is and why he is prescribing what he’s prescribing, whether it’s labs, change in diet – whatever. I must say I have never witnessed a doctor take such joy in helping others get well and remain well. Within 6 months of my first visit I literally felt as if I had been given my life back. I received an understanding of what was going on with my body and that there was always hope for changing the situation. One striking moment for me during the process of my (drug free!) treatment/healing was when I was enthusiastically telling Dr. Haase that I was so happy and doing so well with “very little pain” to which he replied, “Little pain? You shouldn’t have ANY pain!” We learn to live with pain and take on the mindset that it’s “just the way it is for me”. Dr. Haase has taught me that we should not and need not live with pain - “not even a little”. I am so grateful to have the doctor so many are looking for; one that doesn’t give up until he sees results. If you have the desire to be well, Dr, Haase will walk you down that road to wellness.
Renee R., Tennessee
Today, Sachi had her first appointment with her primary care family practitioner since April 2008. That was when her A1c was at 8.2H, now 6.5 . Her cholesterol was sky high with high blood pressure. Sachi was fed up being a illness victim and volunteered herself to doing something to take control of her health and well being. Hello Maxwell Clinic. Today her Primary care Physician could only stare at her lab results and charts while talking into his recorder and saying, "Amazing. I don't know what you did, but keep on doing it. Don't change a thing. “ He had excitement in his voice and eyes. The Doctor was clearly proud of his patient. "What are the supplements? What are you taking for Diabetes? For Lipids, Your BP in Dr office setting is 102 / 81 with no murmur. Amazing! Just look at those triglycerides and HDLs, all in range. Don't change whatever you are doing. "
GOD bless and thank you DR Haase and team.
Sajiko and Tom , Tennessee
To whom it may concern,
At age 60 I had a radical prostatectomy at Stanford Medical Center.The surgery went well but my PSA levels never went undetectable and I embarked on a program of intermittent Lupron therapy. This process has been working for the last 8 years but when I was on Lupron my strength and energy levels dropped, I was depressed,gained weight, had unpleasant dreams and hot flashes.Eight months ago my daughter introduced me to the Maxwell Clinic in ClarksvilleTN.They put me on supplements and a series of Chelation treatments causing my life to change dramatically.I recently started a 4-6 month Lupron session but this time thanks to Dr. Hasse,and his excellent staff I feel great,my strength has not diminished, no depression at all,no unpleasant dreams,my weight is static and the hot flashes are minimal.Maxwell Clinic thinks "outside the box",something I find to be rare in the medical field these days.Not only have they helped me a great deal but I have the feeling that someone actually cares.
Sincerely,
Ed Y.