Meet Tammi Harris, DNP, GNP-BC
I am a board certified gerontological nurse practitioner, and for the past 23 years my work has been the same: watching over older adults and the families who love them, and seeing what is coming before it becomes a crisis. Maptic Nursing is how I bring those watchful eyes to your family. Think of it as an expert who sees the whole picture from above, reads where the road is heading, and tells you the next best steps.
A watchful eye with a bird’s eye view
Families rarely struggle because they don’t care. They struggle because no one is seeing the whole picture. The doctor sees fifteen minutes. The assisted living staff or in home care staff see their shift. You see the worry at 2 a.m. and the phone call no one returns. What has been missing is someone above it all, watching the entire situation, connecting what each part is saying, and telling your plainly what it all adds up to and what to do next.
That is the role I play. Not another hand on the day to day, but the expert eye that stays on the case, sees the turn in the road ahead before you’re on top of it, and helps you make the next decision to the best of your ability with the information currently at hand.
23 years at the bedside
My career has been spent exactly where families feel most lost: assisted living, board and care homes, homebound patients, and skilled nursing. I have sat with families through the hardest decisions, including end of life, and I understand that those moments are never only medical. They are about siblings who do not agree, guilt that clouds judgment, and a parent who wants to be heard. I have learned to bring calm and clarity to all of it.
The first hand experience is the whole point. I am not summarizing what the internet says. I am telling you what I have seen happen, again and again, and what tends to come next.
My credentials
– Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Western University, 2012
– Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), UCLA, 2003
– Board certification as Gerontological Nurse Practitioner (GNP-BC), ANCC, 2003
– 23 years across hospital, assisted living, board and care, homebound care, and skilled nursing
How I work with families
Maptic Nursing is advisory. I give you an honest, expert read of what is going on and the next best steps, and your family decides how to act. I am not taking over your loved ones medical care or replacing their doctor. I am the steady, knowledgeable eye that helps you understand the situation and move through it with less fear and more confidence.
Everything I do sits within my registered nursing scope: assessment, family education, coordination, and advocacy. The one clinical service I provide, the completion of the Medical Assessment for Residential Care Facilities for The Elderly (LIC 602A form), is handled separately and is described on its own page.
Why I created Maptic Nursing
After more than two decades watching families get blindsided by things I could see coming, yet no one had the courage to tell the families, I wanted to offer the the thing they kept telling me they wished they had: one expert, on their side, who sees the whole picture and tells them the truth about what is ahead. They wanted the option to make informed decisions from the viewpoint of putting their loved ones needs and wants front and center. Instead of only hearing the viewpoint of a medical system whose goal is maximizing disease management at all costs.
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Tammi Harris, DNP, GNP-BC, is a board certified gerontological nurse practitioner with 23 years of experience across assisted living, board and care, homebound, and skilled nursing care in the San Fernando Valley, CA.
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Disclaimer
This content is for educational and informational purposes only and does not create a nurse-patient or provider-patient relationship.