~ Family nurse practitioner Christine Nault joins Oaklawn in Marshall, Tekonsha ~
MARSHALL, Michigan – One might imagine that Christine Nault has medical knowledge built into her genetic code. The circumstances of her life even created an environment that inspired her toward a medical career.
“I have two aunts and a mother in medicine, and I like to help people,” she said. “ I knew even when I was in high school that medicine probably would be in my future.”
Now a family nurse practitioner with a years-long history of service in Calhoun County, Nault will divide her professional duties between two Oaklawn Medical Group offices – Marshall Primary Care in Suite 1E of the Wright Medical Building, 215 E. Mansion St , and Tekonsha Family Medicine at 2218 Old US-27 North, Tekonsha.
Appointments at the Marshall office may be made by calling (269) 781-3938. Appointments at the Tekonsha office may be made by calling (517) 767-4038.
While the former Christine Hoffsten was a child in Grosse Pointe, her younger sister was born with a condition that demanded a series of surgeries.
“Seeing what my sister went though – and seeing the difference that nurses made in her care – spurred me to go into nursing,” Nault said. “She had some standout nurses that made her experience in the hospital so much better, even fun.”
Watching such professionals work with her sister had a profound impact on the young woman.
“They showed that they cared about her, our parents and about me as her sibling,” she said. “It was good to see how well she was cared for, while putting her significantly more at ease during all that she had to go through.”
While attending Grosse Pointe South High School, young Nault already was excelling in math and science, setting the stage for a career in health care.
Nault subsequently enrolled in Valparaiso University's nursing curriculum, from which she graduated in 2006 with a bachelor of science degree.
From 2006 to 2012, she worked as a registered nurse in the University of Michigan Health System's cardiovascular intensive care unit, which she also served as an interim supervisor.
After earning a master of science degree in nursing as a family nurse practitioner from Oakland University in early 2012, Nault first came to work at Marshall-based Oaklawn and was based at its Tekonsha office for eight years.
Now she is returning to Oaklawn with fond memories of her former service there.
“I had a great experience at Oaklawn,” she said. “I really grew as a nurse practitioner because I had great colleagues. Now I'm coming back because of have a passion for family medicine and want to work with that team, which works so well together.”
Nault is certified as a family nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, and is additionally certified in basic life support as well as advanced cardiovascular life support.
Nault is a member of the Michigan Council of Nurse Practitioners and the Oaklawn Medical Group's Provider Leadership Committee.
Nault lives in Grass Lake with her husband of 14 years, Michael – an information technology manager with Chicago-based Envista Forensics – and their three children, Andrew, 6, and twins Eleanor and William, both 2.
In her spare time, Nault enjoys baking, exercising, relaxing with “beach reads” and traveling, particularly to Michigan's northern peninsula.
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