Amanda Stone, Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Behind every successful 3RNET placement, there are dedicated people hard at work helping job seekers find their first, next or forever opportunity. Trixie Lacas, 3RNET’s Oregon Network Coordinator who helped register Amanda, a behavioral health nurse practitioner on the 3RNET job site, allowing Amanda to connect seamlessly with a community on the southern coast of Oregon - the “unicorn” position she’d long been hoping to find.
Amanda Stone, PMHNP, is a third-generation nurse. “Nursing is in my family,” she said. “I’ve always been drawn to it, drawn to helping people, helping improve the lives of others around me.”
Growing up in a suburb of Portland, Amanda was familiar with the disparities, the mental health population, and with lower socioeconomic status populations in an urbanized area. She also experienced rural populations during her time at the University of South Dakota, where she graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2013.
It was after college, while working in central Oregon, that she really developed a love for rural populations. “That was really fun,” she said of her experience, “[Central Oregon] is kind of the last hub until you get to Salem or Portland or even Boise, so just being familiar with what resources you can provide is rewarding. I’ve always been fascinated with that population and getting resources and help there.”
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