Services

Agnes Oblas, Nurse Practitioner, New Paths to Healthcare, L.L.C. offers the same medical care as you receive at a doctor’s office.

Proud to serve as your primary health care provider (often called your “PCP”).
Provides regular, routine medical care which involves typical general physical exams for men (including Prostate checks) and women (including Pap smears and Breast exams), routine well-child exams for children ages 12 and up as well as school and sports physicals.
Regular monitoring of stable, chronic conditions such as Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Heart Disease, Obesity, and Asthma, etc.
Able to help you when you have those incidental illnesses like colds, urinary tract infections, stomachaches, etc.

How will your medical care with me be different than at a doctor’s office?

N	Nursing New Paths to Healthcare, L.L.C. is unique in that it is owned and managed by a Nurse Practitioner, Agnes Oblas. All services rendered are provided in a competent and caring manner because her background as a nurse puts you, the patient, first.

E	Education/Experience Agnes received her first Master’s Degree in Nursing in 1973 in the area of general medical-surgical nursing. Her second Master’s Degree in Nursing in 1979 focused on Adult Primary Care and enabled her to sit for Board Certification in 1980. Since then, she has practiced entirely in the areas of Primary Care and Family Medicine. She has successfully re-certified her credentials every five years as mandated by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

W	Wellness The emphasis of your experience with New Paths to Healthcare, L.L.C. is toward achieving and maintaining the highest level of wellness that you are capable and that you desire.

P	Prevention Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Cancer remain the most common preventable causes of death in this country. Therefore, the focus of your medical and nursing care at New Paths to Healthcare, L.L.C. will be to continually assess your risks for these diseases and working with you toward modifying those risks thus preventing illness as much as possible.

A	Affiliations Agnes is a member in good standing of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, the American College of Nurse Practitioners and the Arizona Nurses’ Association, the state affiliate of the American Nurses Association. Her Board Certification as an Adult Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care was awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center in April, 1980. She is active in promoting the role of the Nurse Practitioner at the state level through her involvement with the Coalition of Arizona Nurses in Advanced Practice. She has been appointed to serve a two-year term on the Arizona Board of Nursing Advanced Practice Committee and in July of 2004 she was awarded the distinguished Arizona State Award for Excellence in Nursing.

T	Time As a Nurse Practitioner, Agnes respects the time you take out of your busy day when you schedule an appointment at New Paths to Healthcare, L.L.C. You will be seen at the appointed time. You will no longer have to wait for an hour or more for a 5 minute (or less) office visit. Also, the times set aside for these visits are generous; you are guaranteed that you will have her complete attention and that all questions will be dealt with.

H	Holism At New Paths to Healthcare, L.L.C. the word holistic has two meanings: first, it means the openness to accept alternative approaches to complement traditional medical treatment plans. Secondly, it also means that the patient is considered a bio-psycho-social being so that the treatment plan reflects attention to physical, emotional and social matters.

S	Standards All medical care is derived from accepted Nurse Practitioner protocols as well as standards put forth from various national medical specialty groups as well as adherence health insurance guidelines. The scope of practice for Nurse Practitioners in Arizona allows a nurse who has been educated and certified in an advanced practice role to function independently without direct supervision of a physician. Having been a Nurse Practitioner since 1980, my approach to patients at New Paths to Healthcare, L.L.C. and the quality of care I offer is no different then the care I provided while employed in physician managed offices. However, whenever necessary I am able to consult with my collaborating physicians at any time and I am able to refer to physician specialists should the need arise. Rest assured that as my patient you will receive quality medical and nursing care, attention to detail and timely follow-up. Characteristics that have been lost in today’s health care system.