Who provides your care, and who regulates it

A nurse practitioner is not a physician and surgeon

California requires us to tell you this plainly, and we would rather you read it here than work it out later.

Una enfermera especializada no es un médico ni cirujano.

A psychiatric nurse practitioner is educated, licensed and certified to evaluate, diagnose, prescribe and manage medication in mental health care, including controlled substances. That is a different training route to medical school and residency. It is not a lesser version of it, and it is the right thing to know before you choose a clinician.

Your clinician

Care at this practice is provided by Shannon Enochs, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, and by any clinician who joins the practice. Care is provided by that person, not by the company: Goldenturas, A Nursing Corporation is the business entity, and a corporation holds no clinical license and practices nothing.

California also permits the title advanced practice registered nurse, which is what the "APRN" in that credential string stands for.

Check the license yourself

You do not need our permission or involvement to do any of this, and we would rather you did it. A practice that tells you how to check its license is telling you the check will come back clean.

• By phone. Board of Registered Nursing, (916) 322-3350
• Check a license at rn.ca.gov/online/verify.shtml
• File a complaint at rn.ca.gov/enforcement/complaint.shtml
• The Board's main site is rn.ca.gov

The Board licenses and regulates registered nurses in California, sets what a nurse practitioner may do, and investigates complaints. It is part of the California Department of Consumer Affairs.

What this page is not

This page is about licensing. It is not medical advice, it does not begin care, and it is not a consent to treatment. For those, see the Terms of Use, and for how your health information is handled, see the Notice of Privacy Practices.