Jennifer Wenning, MSN, FNP-BC

Jennifer Wenning, MSN, FNP-BC grew up in the outskirts of Aurora, Colorado and graduated from Eaglecrest High School. She was fortunate enough to receive a full-ride volleyball scholarship to Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) and graduated with honors in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She moved to the Southeast U.S. to "thaw out" for 5 years and worked in the pediatric and cardiac intensive care units at Duke University (Durham, NC), Fairfax Hospital (VA), Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Atlanta, GA), and Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, SC). An opportunity opened up at Children's Hospital Colorado and she seized it to move back home. She worked in the pediatric cardiac catheterization laboratory for 8 years and after a few medical mission trips with Project C.U.R.E. to Nicaragua and Ghana, she realized that she wanted to do more with her career.

She graduated in 2017 from the University of Northern Colorado with a Master of Science in Nursing focusing on family medicine. She worked as a family nurse practitioner for 4 years at UCHealth and realized that her passion fell in preventative practices through nutrition, exercise, sleep, gut health, and mental health. She has furthered her knowledge in women's health with additional training from DUTCH and the Heather Hirsch Academy specifically in hormone management. She believes that there is no one way to treat a person-everyone is unique and has their own story, so a traditional Western medicine approach or an alternative approach may not fit everyone. Health should be defined by the individual and she is ready to partner with her patients to find the best path forward to help them attain their goals. She is excited to have the ability to spend the necessary time with patients and not be subject to the time pressures from modern medical systems. She's not sure who said it originally, but she likes to think that this quote is perfect for how she wants to treat health, "Things of quality have no fear of time." She cannot wait to exercise alongside her patients and mutually inspire one another to live a healthier, more fulfilling life.

Jennifer is married to Kevin, and they have two children, Ellis and Iva. She enjoys cooking, reading, learning (her husband says she would be in school for a new degree every few years if she had the time), experimenting with essential oils (she is a certified AromaTouch therapist and doTERRA Essential Oils Specialist), road cycling, hiking, yoga, weightlifting, traveling, and playing with her kids.