KIM EVANS
Institute for Integrative Medicine, owner & founder
502-253-4554
Kim is an advanced practice nurse with over 47 years of clinical experience in multiple roles including staff nurse, nurse manager and critical care clinical nurse specialist.
Kim is certified in the following:
Advanced registered nurse practitioner (APRN) in Adult Health (Clinical Nurse Specialist)
Advanced Board Certified Holistic Nurse
Nurse Amma Therapist (acupressure based on Traditional Chinese Medicine).
Kim also completed a Fellowship Program in Integrative Medicine through the University of Arizona with Dr. Andrew Weil in 2005-2006. She had the privilege to work with Bobbi Brooks for 7 years who was a master of energy medicine through Hanna Kroeger.
Kim has training in:
Energy medicine
Havening
Esoteric Healing
Healing Touch
Reiki
Gluten Practitioner through Dr. Tom O’Bryan.
Kim’s experience and knowledge inspired her to write the book, Transforming Healthcare: Healing You, Me and Our Broken Disease Care System. Many of the top diseases in America are preventable! Yet our current model is predominantly only based on DISEASE care. Wait until you get sick and then try to fix it. What if we focused on wellness and disease prevention?!!! That’s exactly the focus of the IIM providers! We help you create your optimal wellness of mind, body and Spirit.
SERVICES
& PRICING
FOR KIM
Call the office 502-253-4554 to set
up an appointment today!
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FOR NEW PATIENTS: $550
This includes two comprehensive visits:
one to obtain your full history and physical
one to create/review your treatment plan
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Acupressure Treatment
Amma Therapy$165.00
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$65
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INFARED SAUNA
Single session - $20
5 sessions - $85 (15% discount)
10 sessions - $160 (20% discount) -
$50
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$375
INCLUDES:
APO E Genetic Test
Perfect Gene Diet Book by Pamela McDonald
Individual Nutrition and Exercise Plan
2 hour small group class
Advanced Lipid Profile Testing
The Lab will bill your insurance to cover the cost of the Advanced lipid profile. These rates vary depending on your insurance provider.
Additional Lab Tests Are Available
We do assess labs which may include an Advanced lipid panel, complete thyroid panel, metabolic panel, complete blood count, Vitamin D, B12, iron panel, DHEA, Cortisol and/or Hormone Testing. These tests are generally covered by your insurance and are performed only when indicated or deemed appropriate. Costs are determined by your insurance carrier.
Precision Analytical Dutch Test – This is a urine test that provides a comprehensive analysis of your hormones, their metabolites and your adrenal function. It also includes 10 organic acid tests that provide insight into nutrient status, inflammation and neurotransmitter activity. The cost for this is $500 ($300 for the test and $200 for our office visit to review the results.)
Follow up visits range from $160 – $250 depending on the complexity of your visit.
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Advanced Lipid Panel - $260
Follow up consultation - $175
Check out our previous years tips. You’ll find tips to enhance your physical health, a tip to help your psychological and emotional health, and a tip to enhance your Spiritual health.
I'll continue to offer Wellness Tips for body, mind and Spirit throughout the year. Let's all create exceptional health this year!
Love, Kim
Wednesday Wellness Tips with Kim!
“Give up disEASE and let us help you create your optimal health of mind, body, Soul and Spirit.”
- KIM EVANS
IT ALL
STARTED
WHEN…
I have always had a passion for helping people heal. I worked as a nurse in critical care units including respiratory intensive care, coronary care, surgical intensive care, emergency departments and post anesthesia care. In 1993, I attended a conference called “Healing the Healer Within” (presented by Barbara Dossey, Cathy Guzetta and Chris Kessler) which literally changed my life. It opened my eyes to a whole new world of holistic nursing and healing the whole person – body, mind and Spirit. I applied much of this whole person approach to my work as a critical care specialist. We utilized music therapy, touch therapy, massage, and guided imagery with patients for pain control, stress reduction, and to enhance overall well-being. When the hospital in which I was working began its open-heart surgery program in 1995, we were able to include an expressive art therapist on our team. She saw everyone who had a heart attack or open heart surgery over a 3-month period. The results astounded me. Seventy five percent of these patients had significant unresolved grief issues. I realized they literally had a “broken heart” and then experienced a physical manifestation as a blockage in their coronary arteries. I knew then that healing was more than just a physicality.
A Roadmap to Holistic Healthcare
Moving from Broken to Sustainable
The innovative new book on transforming healthcare - healing you, me and our broken disease-care system! Our healthcare system is broken. We don’t really have a healthcare system - we have a disease-care system. Historically, the model has been one that waits until you become ill and then tries to cure you. My intention for writing this book is to transform the healthcare system to one focused on health, wellness and disease-prevention by:
Redirecting the primary focus of health to wellness and disease prevention
Creating models that prioritize patient and family needs above all else
Creating healthy team-based systems that empower and inspire all providers as valued members of the team
Providing guidelines so you can achieve your own optimal wellness of mind, body and Spirit.
Demonstrating a sustainable payer system that will meet healthcare expenses for individuals and families without bankrupting anyone, including our country.
Get your copy today!
AS MY DESIRE TO HEAL THE WHOLE PERSON GREW,
my frustration with the hospital system increased. I found that the system was NOT patient/family centered. One example is the fact that we would awaken patients at 4:30 or 5:00 AM to draw blood or do and X-ray so these results could be available when the physician made rounds at 7:00 AM. This remains common practice today in most healthcare facilities. To whom does this practice really benefit? Certainly, not the patient who needs restful uninterrupted sleep. Additionally, I recognized the value of healthy nutrition and took note of the nutritionally depleted foods we were serving our patients. Even more distressing was the fact that commonly patients were served very inflammatory foods that increase cholesterol and blood sugar within days of having open heart surgery. I knew I had to do something different to fulfill my passion of healing the whole person.
I resigned my critical care Clinical Nurse Specialist position in August, 1996. In September, I listened to a tape series by Dr. Deepak Chopra, a renowned endocrinologist, with expertise in Quantum Physics.
He suggested five steps to fulfilling your desires and dreams:
1. Get into a meditative state and connect to God
2. State your intention of what you would like to do
3. Don’t be attached to how it’s going to happen
4. Allow the Universe to handle the details
5. The results are guaranteed.
I said “OK God, I want to change the healthcare system.” I named about 25 things that were just wrong in healthcare in my perception. Ironically many of these same issues (AND EVEN MORE) remain prevalent in our disease-care, profit driven system.
The following January, I received a call from one of my friends who told me about a program coming to Louisville. Nurses from the New York College of Holistic Health Education and Research had started a traveling nurse’s certificate program in Amma therapy and were traveling around the country to teach this work. Amma therapy is a form of Acupressure based on Traditional Chinese Medicine that includes manual therapy and massage techniques using the 12 major meridian channels. It is very holistic in nature and includes healthy nutrition, yoga, and tai chi. I knew this was an answer to my prayers and I completed the 2 year certificate program. Anneke Young, a protégé of Mrs. Tina Sohn, who brought Amma therapy to the United States, was our beloved teacher. In 1997, I started my own practice offering Amma therapy and a holistic nursing assessment. In 2000, I met three other practitioners (Dr. Slava Paskovich, a physician from the Ukraine, Eddie Campomonas, a physical therapist, and Amber Stone, PT assistant who was trained in massage, cranial sacral therapy and strain/counterstrain techniques), who were interested creating an integrative medicine center and together we started the Institute for Integrative Medicine. We worked together for 3 years. Life events ensued and Dr. Paskovich and Eddie Campomonas both relocated to different areas of the country. I continued as the sole owner of Institute for Integrative Medicine.
Kim has authored chapters or made significant contributions in the following books:
Healing Healthcare – Evidenced Based Strategies to Mend our Broken System
The following books were published through PWN (Professional Women Publishing)
and edited by Linda Ellis Eastman:
The Women’s Book of Empowerment and Confidence – 365 Daily Affirmations
The Women’s Book of Empowerment and Confidence – Volume II
Getting Well: Mind, Body and Spirit
Your Better Body: The Women’s Guide to Holistic Health & Wellness