Promise Healthcare - Urbana

Jenny earned degrees from Indiana University- Purdue University at Indianapolis and the University of Illinois at Chicago. 

She has served as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at the Promise Healthcare Urbana School Health Center since 2013 and specializes in health education and preventative care. 

She enjoys teaching young patients the habits and daily patterns that will lead to healthier lifestyles and long-term wellness, and she is passionate about finding ways to inspire her patients to get active outdoors. 

Jenny encourages parents and children to get outside any time they can to take advantage of the many mental and physical health benefits of outdoor play. 

Jenny is an avid nature lover and likes to hike, kayak, and read in her spare time. She is married, has two teenagers and a dog. 

She gives back to the community by volunteering for the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy cleaning the Sangamon River of trash and the roadways around the Sangamon River of trash to prevent it from ending up in the river. 

Megan sees patients six and up and will practice at Promise Healthcare-Rantoul on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and the Promise Healthcare-Urbana locations on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.

Megan completed her studies at Frontier Nursing University.

She has been practicing as a provider for four years.

In addition to being a mental health psychiatric nurse practitioner, she is also a certified nurse midwife.

Megan loves all aspects of mental health, especially pediatrics, and helping women with perinatal and postpartum mental health issues.

She emphasizes patients should "Be Kind to their Mind! Mental Healthcare is important to every aspect of our lives."

In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her sons, jogging (Megan has run two full marathons), and traveling to the Caribbean.

Megan believes in the Red Cross's work and believes donating blood is very important.