Patrick Thurber, MSN, PMHNP-BC | Psychiatric NP at Chirichaua

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JOINED CCHCI IN 2023 , Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner

Why Patrick Thurber Believes in the Mission of CCHCI

Everyone has a different, personal definition of “health.” Whatever that definition may be, I believe that all of us deserve choices when it comes to our physical and mental health, as well as someone who we trust to help us navigate those choices. I work each day to offer those choices and that trust to our patients as part of Chiricahua’s mission of “Health for All.”

Background and Professional Journey

Until I became a nurse, I followed a very scattered professional path. I have worked in a bakery, home construction, driving a tractor for a marina boatyard, teaching elementary school, teaching college, bartending, and as an innkeeper. I lived in 11 different states as well as Costa Rica, Spain, and 3 years in Chile. Frankly, this chapter of my life was pretty fun but I also got pretty lost! In the process of being found (by my wife), I decided to become a nurse and began working for a local in-patient behavioral health facility here in Cochise County. My experience there encouraged me to become a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Now, I work alongside my wife at CCHCI: the best possible destination along this wild and winding road that is life!

Education and Clinical Training

Education:

Bachelor of Arts – University of Toledo 2008

Associate Degree in Nursing – Cochise College 2018

Master of Science in Nursing – Yale University 2023

Practice Interests and Patients Served

Pediatric and Adolescent Mental Health, Integrative Psychiatry, and Existential Psychotherapy.

PATIENTS SEEN (AGES): 0-100+

LANGUAGES SPOKEN: English, Spanish

Chirichaua Behavioral Health Information

Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc. is a mission driven Federally Qualified Health Center and a tax exempt not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Founded in 1996 as a small, rural health clinic operating in a community center, Chiricahua has since grown to become the largest primary care organization in southeastern Arizona, serving more than 35,000 patients annually. Chiricahua operates fifteen fixed-site medical, dental, behavioral health and pharmacy clinics, and five mobile-medical and mobile-dental units, that serve patients throughout the more than 6200 square mile borderlands of Cochise County.

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