A nurse practitioner in family medicine
Julie Turchi decided to go into nursing after witnessing the good care both her parents received from nurses during their cancer treatment. She worked as a nurse at two nursing homes before joining the Family Practice Department at Marshfield Clinic Colby/Abbotsford Center. In 2012, she decided to pursue a master’s degree in nursing, with an emphasis on being a family nurse practitioner.
"Being a nurse practitioner definitely provides more autonomy and responsibility for patient care," she noted. Under a physician’s supervision, she performs health assessments, orders diagnostic tests, interprets the results and treats the patient.
"We definitely form strong relationships here with our patients," she said. "I like the fact that I already know a good majority of our patients and as a nurse practitioner I will be able to directly do more for them."
She earned her nursing degree from the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, and her master’s degree from Concordia University in Mequon.
She and her husband, Tom, have two teenaged children, Tom and Kaitlyn. She enjoys doing family activities, snowmobiling, running and reading.
Speaks: English