About

On The Go Foot Care Nurse, LLC is a mobile foot care service founded with the vision of meeting the need for safe, routine foot care for seniors wherever they live – private home, independent living, assisted living, memory care, or skilled nursing community. We specialize in foot care for high-risk older adults with diabetes, poor circulation, and other chronic conditions.

We partner with senior communities to set up onsite foot care clinics to make routine foot care easily accessible to their residents and clients.

Credentials

Krista Russell, MSN, RN Foot Care Nurse Specialist

  • Founder/Owner On The Go Foot Care Nurse, LLC.

  • Masters Degree in Nursing, Vanderbilt University.

  • Licensed Registered Nurse, Multistate License.

  • Professional Liability Insurance.

  • 35+ years experience; 10 years as a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE); Integrative Health & Well-Being Coach - Duke University training program.

  • Foot Care Specialty Training: Foot Care Specialist Essentials & Lower Extremity Wound Prevention and Treatment Course. WEB WOC Nursing Education Program. 30 hours hands-on training

  • Active Member American Foot Care Nurses Association (AFCNA).

  • Certified Therapeutic Musician (CTM) - Harp. Accredited by the National Standards Board for Therapeutic Musicians (NSBTM). Played therapeutic harp music for comfort and relaxation in various healthcare settings for patients, families, visitors, and staff.

  • Developed Connecting Through Music℠, a tool to help family caregivers create personalized music playlists for loved ones with memory loss, based on a protocol developed at Stanford University by nurse researcher Linda A Gerdner. Connecting Through Music℠ promotes connection and engagement between families, caregivers, and persons with memory loss, and can help reduce distress behaviors when properly implemented.

  • Certified Clinical Aromatherapy Practitioner (CCAP). Experienced in the use of clinical aromatheray as a nonpharmacologicl modality to help with symptom management - anxiety, nausea, pain, sleep, and management of distress behaviors in persons with dementia.