Leslie Brewer, CRNP
Pediatric nurse practitioner, urgent care provider, and mom of five
Leslie is a board-certified nurse practitioner with over ten years in
pediatrics, across acute pediatric care, pediatric primary care, and
family urgent care. Much of that time has been spent doing exactly
what a telehealth visit does: working out what is going on from a
description, a look, and a few good questions.
She is also a mother of five, which is its own kind of qualification
when a child spikes a fever at nine at night. She knows the version
of this where you are the parent, not the clinician, and you are not
sure whether it is a wait-until-morning problem or a go-now one.
That combination is what she built On Call Peds Care around. Hospitals
and pediatricians provide essential medical care, but a great deal of
parenting happens in the hours between appointments, at home, in real
time. Her aim on a visit is that you finish it knowing what is
happening, what to do next, and what would make you call again.
She also writes and teaches as @ask_the_np_mom, where accessible
newborn and pediatric education meets the reality of raising five
children.
Read her story