Alyse Watkins, DNP, is a nurse practitioner on the pediatrics team at PeaceHealth. Alyse received her Doctorate of Nursing Pediatric Primary and Acute Nurse Practitioner degree from Oregon Health and Sciences University in Portland, Oregon. She is dual certified as a pediatric nurse practitioner (CPNP-AC/PC) in acute and primary care. Alyse has a special interest in mental health, reproductive health and well-child care. “I love working together with families and patients to help foster skills and understanding,” she said about her approach to care. “I want to help patients maximize their health, both in the long and short term.” She previously worked as an RN at a variety of children’s hospitals in both rural and urban settings in Washington, Montana, Colorado and Alaska. She has two bachelor’s degrees, one in nursing from Roseman University of Health Sciences in Henderson, Nevada and a second in organismal biology from Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. You can find her running on the trails, backpacking and hiking with her husband when she’s not in the clinic.