Holly Jastak, DNP
Location: NE Portland, Meridian Park
Credentials: DNP - Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ; FNP/MSN -Walden University, Minneapolis, MN
Certified ✓ American Nurses Credentialing Center
“I feel like my job is like what Steve Job’s once said, “your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” I live by this motto, because I truly love to be a pediatric provider and I feel honored that I have a job that I love to do.”
About Holly
Holly Jastak is an established and highly skilled nurse practitioner with over 25 years of experience in pediatrics. Holly is was named in Portland Monthly Magazine as Top Nurse Practitioner for her quality and patient-centered care. Holly obtained her nurse practitioner’s degree at Walden University in Minnesota and completed her Doctorate of Nurse Practitioner with Grand Canyon University. As a DNP, Holly enjoys building relationships with families, is transparent, trustworthy, and will prioritize your family to ensure your child and family feel valued and safe. “My goal is to help children and families thrive in a healthy environment. I feel it is a privilege to be able to watch these children grow into healthy adults and help to empower them to make healthy choices for themselves.” Holly provides patients with the best comprehensive pediatric care from birth until 21 years of age.
Fun Facts
Loves to travel
Loves pizza
Loves photography
Favorite childhood memory…
My favorite childhood memory is when I was 5 years old, convincing my twin sister to play that our babies were sick and we rubbed a whole jar of Vicks all over them, the look on my mom's face was priceless when she realized we were being too quiet and came to investigate.
My Values
I believe there are six fundamental values in pediatrics;
1) Quality - maintaining the highest standards of care
2) Innovation - welcome change and continually seek ways to provide quality patient care
3) Team Work - collaboration is key
4) Service - strive to exceed and meet our patient's needs
5) Integrity - adhere to commitment, honesty, confidentiality, trust, respect, and transparency
6) Compassion - providing a caring and supportive environment for our patients and families.
In my spare time…
I love to go hiking, traveling, photography, and spending time with my family.
A question I wish patients asked more.
"What should I be doing next?" I always love it when parents ask me how to stimulate different aspects of development. Parenting is hard and with social media so present it is often difficult to not compare their child to the most recent social media hype. It is definitely a dilemma of modern parenting.
"What should my child be eating?" This is a great question to ask as it is important to teach healthy eating habits at a young age. Feeding kids is a big part of parenting and I am always happy to support parents as best I can and to think of practical, creative ways to present healthy meals to kids.