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Indications and Contraindications to PrEP | May 7, 2021

Date of Presentation: May 27, 2021

Type: Past Presentation  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)  

Keywords: #pre-exposure prophylaxis  #prep  

In this presentation, Whitney Essex, MSN, FNP-BC, ECHO faculty member and Family Nurse Practitioner with Infectious Diseases at Cherokee Nation Health Services, discusses indications and contraindications for PrEP, review methods for obtaining a sexual history, and answers questions about who is a good candidate for PrEP.

 

 

 

 

 

Recording:

Presented by:

Whitney Essex

Whitney Essex, MSN, FNP-BC, received her Master of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2011 and is board certified in family practice by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center. Whitney has been a Nurse Practitioner with Cherokee Nation Health Services since 2012 and works in the Infectious Diseases Department where she coordinates the Cherokee Nation Hepatitis C Elimination Program and co-directors the Ending the HIV Epidemic Program. Whitney assists in the maintenance of a general infectious diseases clinical service, providing primary care for HIV, HIV-PrEP, hepatitis C, and other infectious diseases related patients. She also serves as faculty for several infectious diseases-related virtual ECHO clinics across Indian Country.

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Date added: May 7, 2021