June 2021: Amy Traxler joins Oaklawn

During June 2021, MysteryVisits Communications provided this press release on behalf of Oaklawn ... 

~ Nurse practitioner Amy Traxler joins Oaklawn's After Hours Express – Marshall ~ 

MARSHALL, Michigan – The kindness a medical professional who also was a family friend had a profound effect on Amy Traxler as she grew up in her hometown of Camden.

As a result, today she credits her friend for having inspired her own work as a nurse and family nurse practitioner, a career she continues as a new member of the staff of the Oaklawn Medical Group's After Hours Express – Marshall.  

Traxler will be seeing patients at the service's office at 1174 W Michigan Ave. Appointments aren't necessary because of the nature of the service. Further information is available by calling (269) 789-4390. 

Traxler was a senior at Camden Frontier High School with a strong interest in becoming a teacher in the special-education field. That changed, however, because of her experience with a close friend of her family.

“I've known her my whole life, and she worked in one of the practices where I had been a patient as a teen-ager,” Traxler said. “She helped treat me. She was very kind and I loved her approach as a nurse.” 

Traxler said she was grateful that she made the switch from education to medicine. 

“It was the best course to take,” she said. “I'm so glad that I did.” 

Traxler received an associate nursing degree from Battle Creek-based Kellogg Community College in 1998, first serving with the Community Health Center of Branch County. She later worked as a staff nurse for medical organizations in Hillsdale and Sturgis. 

From 2007 until recently, Traxler has worked as a surgical-pediatric staff nurse, registered nurse case manager and family nurse practitioner, chiefly for medical organizations in the Coldwater area. 

In 2013, Traxler earned a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Goshen College in Indiana, and went on to obtain a master of science degree through the college's family nursing practitioner program in 2016. 

Traxler is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and holds additional credentials in basic and advanced cardiac life support and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

Traxler, who has resided in Coldwater since 2020, has three adult children – a son, Wesley, 26, and two daughters, Hope, 22, and Cassie, 21. She also has two grandchildren.

Her hobbies include caring for her Great Dane puppy, Ellie, as well as flower and vegetable gardening, baking, walking, kayaking and travel.

“My goal is to go to all 50 states,” she said, adding that a favorite travel location is Alaska, where her brother lives.

“It's absolutely beautiful and peaceful there,” she said.

In considering her new assignment, Traxler said she has been drawn to Oaklawn's level of medical professionalism. 

“I like the community hospital setting in a small town,” she said. “I've been very impressed with everyone with whom I've come into contact. I'm greatly looking forward to this opportunity to transition to something new.”