2 I The Lovell Chronicle I July 17, 2014
Frost re-joins staff at NBHH
BY PATTI CARPENTER
Family Nurse Practi-
tioner Shelby Frost hit the
ground running this week
as a new provider at the
clinic at North Big Horn
Hospital. Frost, who began
seeing patients on Monday,
saw seven during her first
day on the job.
If Frost looks familiar
to patients, it's because
she worked as a regis-
tered nurse at the hospital
through most of her nurs-
ing career, a period of about
nine years, before return-
ing to school at the Univer-
sity of Mary in Bismarck,
N.D. to get her master's de-
gree and to become certified
as an FNP.
Frost said as a nurse
practitioner, she is special-
ly trained to provide ser-
vices throughout the con-
tinuum of a patient's life.
She said that period of time
is literally from before birth
through the aging process.
She is also qualified to treat
patients like other provid-
ers at the clinic and can
write prescriptions. Dr. Jay
is acting as her "collaborat-
ing physician" and she said
he has been extremely help-
ful to her already.
"Since the physicians
get way more training and
experience than we get as
nurse practitioners, I think
it's really important for
FNPs to maintain that good
relationship with physi-
cians," she said.
The FNP training is
similar to a physician's as-
sistant. The primary dif-
ference is in the type of
degree earned prior to be-
coming a PA or FNP. A
Shelby Frost, MSN FNP
specialized training on the
job in this area. She said
the hands-on training was
invaluable and she looks
forward to using much of
what she learned through
the program in Bismarck in
her practice at the clinic in
Lovell.
In addition to women's
health, Frost said she is in-
terested in pediatrics, well-
child services and mental
health.
Frost is originally from
Kemmerer but has lived in
Cowley since 2001. She said
the support of her husband
Stuart and her children al-
lowed her to devote the last
nurse practitioner becomes
a nurse first before receiv-
ing the additional train-
ing to expand services as
a practitioner, whereas a
PA may have more of a sci-
ence background. The FNP
degree includes a master's
degree in science of nurs-
ing and in the state of Wy-
oming is allowed to practice
independently.
Frost is particularly in-
terested in women's health
and said she was fortunate
to spend a lot of clinic time
during her studies at San-
ford Women's Clinic in Bis-
marck. She said since the
clinic provides a wide va-
riety of services to women,
including surgeries, births
and various types of birth
control like IUDs and Nor-
plants, she was able to
learn about all of these ar-
eas during the time spent
working there. She also
trained in an emergency
room all last summer and
will be receiving even more
2 ½ years to intense study
that led to her certification
as an FNP and obtaining
her master's degree.
"My husband was com-
pletely 100 percent in sup-
port of me during all of
this," she said. "My children
were just awesome, too."
Frost has two grown
stepchildren who live away
from home and three chil-
dren ages 14, 11 and 7 liv-
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Peter
Chidsey
Peter Chidsey, 76,
passed away on March 6,
2014, at the Powell Valley
Care Center hospice unit.
Memorial services will
be held Friday, July 25,
2014, at 1 p.m. at St. John's
Episcopal Church, 308
Mountain View and Ave-
nue E in Powell.
Burial will be in the
Crown Hill Cemetery.
PHOTO COURTESY OF VW SUMMER INSTITUTE
Tori Aiken of Lovell, left, and Isabela Farmer of
Cheyenne work on their projects in an electronics
class during the recent Summer High School
Institute at the University of Wyoming. They were
among more than 80 sophomores from 50 Wyoming
school districts attending the annual institute that
allows the students to explore their intellectual,
social and creative interests. Other Lovell students
attending the institute were Merril Beck and Shawn
Mollett.
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"I'm so happy to be honor of this centennial, the fore her time, Bighorn Can- Id I/
here," she said. "I didn't Montana Historical Soci- yon Chief Interpreter Chris- I ;4.z- / I1"-,,o:
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The community is invit- National Recreation Area is herself all to get a good slu-
ed to meet Frost at a special joining Montana in celebrat- ry. Ranger Fleming will give
reception hosted by NBHH
on Tuesday, July 29, from
4 to 6 p.m. in the hospital
lobby.
New mobile medical unit hits the road
PATTI CARPENTER
A brand new mobile medical unit was purchased
with grant funds for use by North Big Horn County
Hospital. The unit, which made its debut this week,
will offer convenient access to services on location
like sports physicals, flu shots and other services.
the hospital. It was also
showcased in the Byron
Days parade.
Toner said special an-
nouncements will be made
in advance prior to the
unit visiting a particular
community.
The first events will
take place on July 23 in
Denver and Burlington,
where sports physicals for
high school athletes will be
made available in the van.
Toner said the idea is to
save individuals a trip to
BY PATTI CARPENTER
A brand new mobile
medical unit will soon be
visiting communities in
Big Horn County, provid-
ing convenient services to
members of some of the
less populated communi-
ties in the area. During
events that will be sched-
uled in advance, sports
physicals, flu shots and
other services will be made
available through the van.
Chief of Nursing Tina
Toner said the staff is an-
ticipating many uses for
the unit, which looks like
a big white camper but is
specially equipped with a
special lift for wheelchair
bound patients, a waiting
room and an exam room.
The unit, which cost
$168,820, was purchased
entirely with grant funds
through a Wyoming Prima-
ry Care Association grant
from the Wyoming Office
of Rural Health. Most of
the supplies and costs will
be paid for during the first
three years of use, through
the grant.
The unit made its de-
but this week with a spe-
cial showing on Friday at
the clinic by bringing these
routine services directly to
their community.
The unit will also
be available to plants in
the area to provide on-
site services like special
screenings and physi-
cals required for industri-
al workers. Depending on
the service being offered,
the unit will sometimes
be manned with a medi-
cal provider from the clin-
ic; at other times it will be
manned by a nurse.
ing this important anniver-
sary year with a tour of the
Caroline Lockhart Ranch
on Sunday, July 20. Partic-
ipants should meet at the
gate of the Lockhart Ranch
at 1 p.m. to begin the tour.
a tour of the ranch as well
as go into detail on Lock-
hart's life as an independent
woman.
For more informa-
tion contact Fleming at
548-5406.
Volunteer trail work on July 23
How would you like to
make a difference in a Na-
tional Park? There is a vol-
unteer opportunity at Big-
horn Canyon National
Recreation Area on Wednes-
day, July 23, which will be
led by Jennifer Schneider.
'%Ve are looking for vol-
unteers to help with trail
improvements on the Upper
Layout Creek Trail, which
is located near the historic
Ewing-Snell Ranch," Chief
of Interpretation Chris-
ty Fleming said. "This trail
runs along the Layout
Creek Canyon past a wa-
terfall to the Layout Creek
springs. The trail work will
consist of two feet of brush
removal to widen a 50-foot
stretch of path through an
overgrown area. There will
also be surface grading and
the creation of switchbacks
on steeper slopes of the trail
to help create a safer walk-
ing surface for hikers."
The project was written
to include a Wyoming Con-
servation Carp crew that
will be staying in the park
for a 10-day period working
on this and other projects at
Bighorn Canyon. The cur-
rent local Youth Conserva-
tion Carp employees hired
on at Bighorn Canyon will
get the opportunity to work
with this college crew and
glean hands-on experience
acquiring the skills to create
sustainable trails that will
cause little to no erosion to
the steep mountain slopes.
Contact Schneider or
Fleming at the Lovell Vis-
itor Center at 548-5406 to
take advantage of this vol-
unteer opportunity. Orga-
nizers hope to have a head
count by July 21 to help
plan for the day. Volunteers
should plan to meet at the
Visitor Center at 8 a.m. on
July 23. They should have
good sturdy shoes, work
gloves, water, snacks and a
lunch.
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10:30 am 56 E. Main l
Bible Lesson Lovell l
6 pm
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St. Joseph's
Catholic Church
1141 Shoshone Ave., Lovell
Sacrifice of the Mass
Sunday -
11:30 am
Thursday -
12 noon
Reverend
Glenn Whewell
Louell
flssemblg
of God
Church
310 Idaho flue., Louell
Services
Sunday School -- 9:45 am
Morning Worship -- 10:50 am
Sunday Night -- 6:30 pm
Wed. Bible Study -- 7 pm
Rev. Dan Jarvis
548-7105
5th & Montana, 548-7127
Rev. Christopher Brandt
9:00 am Worship Service
10:15 am Bible Study and
Sunday School
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
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