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Jessica Shewmaker

Nurse Practitioner/Owner

Jessica graduated nursing school from Midway College in 2002. She worked at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, mainly on a cardiac telemetry unit, for 5 years while attending the University of Kentucky. She graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing and in 2007 with a Master's degree in Nursing. At that point she worked for Drs. Enlow & Shahzad in Danville doing primary care with an emphasis on diabetes until 2014. That practice was sold to Ephraim McDowell at which point Jessica chose a different path. She went to work for a company called MD2U that acts as primary providers for home bound patients, and served 7 counties at one point. Although she truly loved that job and the patients, traveling on a daily basis proved to be a little more than she could handle with her family made of a husband and 3 children. After a year, Jessica went back to an office based primary care setting at Northgate Medical in Harrodsburg. Jessica admits that she has been blessed to work with the best providers and staff that she could ever ask for in all locations. But sometimes God has a plan that we are unaware of. It just so happens that the previous owner of The Ready Care Clinic had also worked at Northgate Medical and when she decided to change roles, contacted Jessica about buying the clinic. She is happy to be the owner & operator of The Ready Care Clinic & brings about 15 years of experience in primary care along with her and is happy to serve the walk in care needs of Anderson, Mercer and surrounding counties with ease and compassion.

Shelli Conyers-Votaw

Registered Nurse Practitioner

Credentialed through American Nurses Credentialing Center in Family Practice, Sheli completed her undergraduate Bachelors degree in Nursing from Morehead State University in 1995. While working in intensive care and emergency care she obtained her Masters degree in Nursing from Eastern Kentucky University. Her career as a nurse practitioner began in 2000. She has varied experience in the long term care setting, primary care, urgent care and corrections. Her chosen field of practice is as a corrections healthcare provider. She has served as the primary care provider for a medium security prison since 2003. Surprisingly she has loved her time behind bars! She has joined the Ready Care team in hope of making connections within her local community. She is enjoying getting to know you and meeting your wellness needs.

Outside of work she has been blessed with a large family which keeps her very busy. She enjoys seasonal gardening and canning. She is very involved with her church family. Participates in homemakers club and a couple of book clubs. She especially loves to crochet. She is a part time provider at the Harrodsburg clinic. You'll see her there on a couple of Saturdays during the month.

Laura Columbia

APRN

Laura has been in practice as a Nurse Practitioner since 2009. She is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Laura has been a Registered Nurse working in the healthcare field in a variety of settings since 2003, including ER, Hospice and pain management. She received both her BSN and MSN from the University of Kentucky, and her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Frontier Nursing University in December 2020. She previously worked for the Commonwealth of Kentucky in their onsite clinic for state employees for nine years, as well as the University of Kentucky and as an occupational health Nurse Practitioner for Florida Tile in Lawrenceburg. Laura has worked for The Ready Care Clinic since March 2019, initially as needed before starting part time in February 2020. In her spare time, she enjoys exercising, participating in church activities and spending time with her family. Laura is beginning her new role as a professor at Midway University but you can still see her on occasion on a Saturday.

Elizabeth Howard

APRN

Elizabeth graduated nursing school from Midway College in 2009 with an associates degree in Nursing. She worked in the Medical ICU at UK Medical Center and part time at James B Haggin ER until she graduated with her Masters in Nursing from University of Cincinnati in 2016. She briefly worked as a Hospitalist at Central Baptist Hospital before finding her love for urgent care at Baptist Urgent Care in Lexington. She is more than happy to join us at The Ready Care Clinic. Being closer to home will allow more time with her 2 daughters. She is excited to be giving back to the community she has always lived in.

Elizabeth will be our full time Nurse Practitioner and you will see her at both locations.

Tim Gooch

APRN

My Name is Tim Gooch and I have worked in Healthcare for the past 20 years. I graduated
Midway College in 2002 with an Associate’s Degree in Nursing. I worked in the James B. Haggin
Hospital Emergency Room from 2005 until 2016. I have previously worked in multi-faceted
areas in nursing that include the Cardiothoracic Department, ICU Department and as a Travel
Nurse. I graduated from Walden University where I earned my Master’s Degree in 2016 as a
Nurse Practitioner. In my spare my time I like to garden, travel and spend time with my two
dogs: Prince who is a Black Lab and Jackson who is a Yorkie.

Linda Maggard

APRN

Linda has worked in healthcare since graduating from college in a variety of settings. She obtained her under graduate degrees in Medical Technology from Cumberland College, Associate Degree in Nursing from Midway College, BSN from Indiana Wesleyan University, and her Graduate degrees of MSN-FNP from Frontier University and a Post Masters in Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP from the University of Kentucky. She worked at the University of Kentucky in the Clinical Laboratory and the Apheresis department prior to her undergraduate nursing career in the Medicine ICU. While in the UK MICU she began her studies in graduate nursing and after completion she began her career as a Nurse Practitioner. She practiced as a Family Nurse Practitioner in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in rural Kentucky for several years prior to obtaining her Acute Care NP degree from UK. She returned to ICU to practice as an inpatient provider and practiced there until she retired from full time ICU practice as an NP in 2021. After taking a break from full time employment, she decided to join the Ready Care Clinic to fill in as needed at both locations in Lawrenceburg & Harrodsburg. In her free time she enjoys gardening: flowers and vegetables, spending time with her friends & family, but she especially enjoys being with her young Nephews, traveling and sitting on the beach is one of her favorite ways to relax and unwind. She is an animal lover and currently has a geriatric (near 16 years old) beagle mix dog “Maggie” she has had since she was a puppy.

Leslie McQueen

APRN

Leslie graduated nursing school from Bluegrass Community College in 2004. She worked at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center with the majority of her time being spent on the medical surgical unit and cardiovascular/telemetry unit. While working at EMRMC she attended Indiana Wesleyan University, where she obtained her bachelors degree in nursing in 2012. She later returned and earned her Masters Degree in Nursing in December of 2017. She worked part time at St Joseph Berea Hospital during that time on the medical surgical and intensive care units. After graduating, Leslie worked for Advanced Care House Calls where she saw home bound patients as their primary care provider. In 2021, she took a position at Campbellsville University School of Nursing in Harrodsburg as the ADN Program Coordinator in a full time capacity. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family. She is excited to be joining the Crab Orchard clinic.

Diana King

APRN

I completed my undergraduate Bachelors of Nursing at Eastern Ky University in 1997 and have worked in several areas including the emergency dept, surgery/recovery, cardiothoracic ICU, and hospice. In 2004 I obtained a Masters in Nursing Education, working in staff development and collegiate nursing education at Morehead State University and currently with Campbellsville University. In 2010 I obtained a post-master's certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner, working with cardiology then moving to an urgent care setting.
In my spare time I enjoy reading, spending time outdoors, flower gardening, and traveling. I love spending as much time as possible with family.
Diana will be working in our clinic on a part time basis. She has worked in our other locations and I know Cran Orchard is lucky to have her!

Ruth Nelson

APRN

Graduating from Morehead State University in 1990 with her BSN, she worked most of her career in geriatric healthcare management with labor delivery and nursery as her side focus. After 25 years in nursing she graduated from Eastern Kentucky University with her MSN / nurse practitioner degree. She has worked at Crab Orchard Primary care as an NP for the last 9 years varying between part time to fill In capacity. She lives on a farm just outside of Crab Orchard and farms with her husband. She has 3 adult children who all live nearby. Grandchildren and gardening are her favorite things.
Ruth will be working on in our Crab Orchard location on an as needed basis. We are so happy to have her

Donna Bragg

DNP, APRN

Donna has been involved with healthcare since 2001. With nearly six years of experience as a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), her journey began as an aide, progressing through roles such as LPN, RN, BSN, and acquiring three master's degrees before obtaining her doctorate. She has been married for 44 years and has six adult children, 10 grandchildren, and one great grandson. Her extensive career spans various healthcare domains including coding, labor and delivery, geriatrics, medical-surgical, preoperative, and postoperative care.