Jessie Iles, M.S.N, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC

Jessie is a dually certified family and Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C, PMHNP-BC). Jessie’s healthcare career began in 2004, when she completed her certification to be a nursing assistant. While working as a nursing assistant, Jessie pursued her Associate degree in nursing and graduated from Louisiana State University in Alexandria in 2009 and began work as a registered nurse. 

Following this, Jessie earned a Bachelor's degree in nursing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2011. In pursuit of higher education, Jessie graduated in 2015 from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a Master of Science in nursing and proceeded to work as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Motivated by personal and clinical experiences, Jessie decided to pursue a post-graduate certificate to become a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in 2022. She earned this certificate in 2024 from Frontier Nursing University. In 2024, Jessie also pursued training in EMDR therapy. Jessie’s clinical experience includes cardiology, clinical trials, emergency medicine, telehealth, inpatient psych and rehab, hospice, long-term care, and urgent care.

Jessie works as clinical adjunct faculty with Northwestern State University in the Family Nurse Practitioner program, provides as needed coverage at a rural urgent care clinic and a recovery and detoxification facility and is also a co-representative for the Louisiana Association of Nurse Practitioners’ Acadiana region. 

Owing to her personal faith, Jessie endeavors to provide compassionate and holistic care that also meets the goals and desires of the client. She wishes to provide a safe and inclusive environment to facilitate a healing journey for her clients where clients can be empowered to live their happiest, most wholesome lives. Her work at The Kitchen Table provides clients with clinical evaluation and diagnosis, generalized psychotherapy, medication management, treatment planning and follow-up. Jessie brings to the table her compassion, empathy, and love for listening to your stories.