Crossroads-To-Care Segment - December 28, 2025

Nigel Dettelbach
Dec 28, 2025
2 min read

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Hour 1 Seg 2 - Crossroads-To-Care Segment

- LISTEN TO THE COMPLETE SHOW FOR HI-LIGHTS/DETAILS OF SUBJECTS DISCUSSED IN THIS INTERVIEW.

CROSSROADS TO CARE (housecalls are back) w/ Patricia Ryan, MSN, ANP-BC re; An adult nurse-practitioner who makes house calls. A concierge practitioner.

- DEFINITION of what a “nurse practitioner” is.

- PATRICIA PROVIDES SERVICES SUCH AS; Same as in a doctor’s office; She can;

1. Diagnose 2. Treat. 3. Prescribe. 4. Referrals as needed (Xrays, home health care, etc), 5. Do blood tests right there, deliver them to the lab and get you the results. 6. Check-ups.

- DEFINITION of an Adult Nurse Practitioner; a nurse who went back to school and has a Master’s Degree and MAKES HOUSE CALLS.

- REPORT on how convenient her services are for many folks for many reasons. Good to know your “starting point” from your blood work.

- REPORT on her concierge services for folks 18 and over.

- REPORT that Patricia can prescribe GENERIC BRANDS and save you MONEY!!!

- REPORT that she is the ONLY nurse practitioner who has this type of practice in the Coachella Valley.

1. Check-ups.

2. Overall health.

3. Yearly visits.

4. She will do the blood-draw and deliver it to the labs.

5. SHE HAS PORTABLE ULTRASOUND AND XRAY DEVICES.

- DISCUSSION of the convenience of her services if you;

1. Don’t drive.

2. Don’t want to sit in the doctor’s office AND WAIT to be seen.

3. Don’t have to get up and get dressed, can be seen while bedridden.

4. Don’t have to deal w/ how long the wait time is to get an appointment w/ your primary care physician now. Patty can see you in a very timely manner.

- REPORT that you can become a patient w/ a yearly fee, or she can bill Medicare, and her visits are charged to insurance.

- REPORT that she can write prescriptions. Even for bio-identical hormones as well.

- REPORT that many of her patients are seniors.

- QUESTIONS FROM “JOEY PALS.”

1. What causes Varicose Veins and what to do about them? (They take the blood back up to the heart. Can be painful for both men and women. For spider veins saline can be injected.)

2. Flu season started early, is the current vaccine good against it? (Not as good as before, but still get the vaccine.

- ANNOUNCEMENT that in 2026 Patricia will start injecting Botox!!!

- (contact info: www.crossroadstocare.org and (760) 992-4321).