Yalanda Holmes, NP

Provider type: APN

Serving: Adolescents, Adults, Children

Languages: English

About Yalanda Holmes, NP

Yalanda Holmes is a very empathetic and compassionate nurse practitioner. She has excellent communication skills and is very professional. Also, she enjoys advocating for patients and is adept at considering potential barriers to treatment and comorbid health concerns.

Yalanda has passionately provided over 21 years of nursing care in many different specialties. Her professional background includes providing nursing care to dedicated veterans at the James A. Haley VA Hospital in Tampa, FL. She has worked as a Public Health Nurse for the Florida Department of Health and the Polk County Public Schools. Also, she has many years of experience in care coordination and home health care.

Specialties

  • ADHD
  • Anxiety
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Childhood behavior issues
  • Depression
  • Eating Disorders
  • Grief
  • Hoarding
  • Later Life Transitions
  • Medical Conditions/Health Psychology
  • Men's Issues
  • Midlife Transitions
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Postpartum Depression/Anxiety
  • Psychosis/Schizophrenia
  • PTSD/Trauma
  • School Avoidance
  • Sleep Disorders/Insomnia
  • Women's issues
  • Education & Certifications

    Yalanda Holmes is a dual Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner that provides care for patients across the Lifespan. She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing and a minor in Health Education degree at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL, in 1999.

    In 2017, Yalanda graduated from Maryville University of St. Louis, Missouri, where she obtained a Master of Science in Nursing degree and began practicing as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Shortly after, she discovered her love for psychiatry and enrolled in the Maryville University of St. Louis Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program. She earned a Post Master’s Certificate in mental health in August 2020.

    Locations

    Lakeland

    930 Alicia Rd.
    Lakeland, FL 33801

    Insurance

    • Advent Health
    • Aetna
    • Evernorth (Cigna)
    • Humana
    • Lucet (Florida Blue)
    • MultiPlan (PHCS)
    • Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
    • Orlando Health
    • Partners Direct Health
    • Provider Network of America (PNOA)
    • Sana Benefits
    • Tricare East (Humana Military)