Little Axe Health Center Adds Women's Health

Women’s health services have been added to the Public Health Nursing department at the Little Axe Health Center.  Jackie Odell, APRN, CNP and Misty Clouse, RN have been added to provide complete preventative and disease care for women of all ages.  Jackie, the Nurse Practitioner, sees patients Monday through Friday 8:00AM to 4:30 PM.

Preventative care includes pap smears, mammography, breast exams, rectal exams and education for healthy living.  Sexually transmitted disease education, STD testing and treatment are also provided.  Other medical services provided include treatment for abnormal and/or painful menstrual cycles, postmenopausal disorders, and hormone replacement.

Jackie has her Master’s in Women’s Health from Drexel University in Philadelphia PA.  She has been in private practice as Nurse Practitioner in Shawnee for nearly 6 years.  She greatly enjoys working with women from their teen years throughout the women’s lifetime.  Misty Clouse has been in Nursing for 13 years and has been a Registered Nurse for almost 4 years.  Prior to working for the AST Health System, she was an RN for the Cleveland County Health Department Clinic.  The staff is very knowledgeable in the women’s health services area and has 37 years of experience between them.

Women’s Health Center respects each person’s privacy and confidential information regardless of age. Services are provided in the west hall of the clinic away from the more public areas of the center which provides an even higher level of privacy for our patients.

The AST Health System is dedicated to providing the most comprehensive quality care for our patients and we believe these services will work well with the other departments we currently have to provide an overall increased quality of health and ultimately a higher quality of life.