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Providing PrEP, PEP and HIV Care | October 6, 2023

Date of Presentation: October 6, 2023

Type: Past Presentation  Training  

Audience: Clinical  

Program: Ending the Epidemics in Indian Country ECHO Program  

Keywords: #hiv  #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 HIV PrEP, the evidence on effectiveness, monitoring, and best practices. Then, Whitney shares the latest recommendations for Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and presents on the clinical care of HIV as well as recent advances in treatment making the management of HIV infection a staple of primary care services.

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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: June 1, 2023