Nicole Henderson has been selected as the Community Health Foundation’s June Healthcare Professional of the Month. Nicole is an LPN at Newkirk Family Health Center. She was nominated by Kathryn Hand who said, “Nicole has worked for the clinic over five years. She does what she can for her patients. She also is a great coworker that is willing to help any staff member that is needed.”

Nicole was born and lived in Wisconsin until the age of fourteen when she moved to Barnsdall, Oklahoma. She went to nursing school in Bartlesville at Tri County Votech and graduated in 1998. Nicole worked at Hillcrest in Tulsa on the oncology med surg floor as a staff nurse as well as in home health before starting at the Newkirk clinic in 2015. Newkirk Family Health Center offers primary care services, including wellness exams, immunizations, hypertension monitoring, and diabetic treatment. Nicole says that she enjoys working at the Health Center because, “we serve a large portion of the underserved uninsured community and this gives me the opportunity to achieve the goal I went to nursing school for which was to make a positive impact on peoples’ lives.”

In her free time, Nicole likes to spend time with her family. She has a small acreage with rabbits, goats, chickens, and dogs. Nicole and her husband have three grown children and two grandchildren.

Congratulations to Nicole Henderson! If you are interested in nominating an outstanding healthcare professional in Kay County from any healthcare specialty, the Community Health Foundation would love to hear about your nominee. A nomination form is available on the Foundation website at chfofpc.org and each monthly winner will be awarded with $100 in Ponca City Chamber Bucks.