SHS - Meet Our Nurse Practitioner Providers

What Is A Nurse Practitioner?

A Nurse Practitioner (NP) or in Kansas our official name is Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) is a registered nurse (RN) with advanced academic and clinical experience, which enables her or him to diagnose and manage most common and many chronic illnesses, either independently or as part of a health care team. Nurse practitioners provide care previously offered only by physicians and in most states have the ability to prescribe medications. NP's focus largely on health maintenance, disease prevention, counseling, and patient education in a wide variety of settings. Most NP's specialize in a particular area of health care, but many work in primary and acute care settings, such as, college health.

Kathy Guth, A.R.N.P. is a Nurse Practitioner in the Gynecology department. She received her B.S.E. from Emporia State in Emporia, KS, and her B.S.N from Marymount College in Salina, KS. As a Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner, she completed the Women's Health Care Advanced Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX. She is certified as a Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner through the National Certification Corporation Certification and is also a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner.

Cheryl Hickert, A.R.N.P. is a Family Nurse Practitioner. She received her B.S.N from KU in 1979, and her MN from Wichita State University if 1986. She completed the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Wichita State University in 1995 and is certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center for Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She is also a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserve, Army Nurse Corps.