YOUR PROVIDERRenee Buchta APRN, FNP-C
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Renee Buchta, APRN, FNP-C. Board-certified family nurse practitioner. Advanced functional medicine training. Full practice authority in Nebraska.
Chronic Pain
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GI Issues
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Hormone Imbalance
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Chronic Pain ✵ GI Issues ✵ Hormone Imbalance ✵
MY BACKGROUND & APPROACH
I built the practice I couldn't find anywhere else.
I'm a board-certified family nurse practitioner with full practice authority in Nebraska. That means I can manage chronic conditions, prescribe medications, order and interpret specialty labs, and oversee clinical programs without physician co-signature. In Nebraska, nurse practitioners are full primary care providers and I take that responsibility seriously.
Before founding Mederi, I spent years practicing in a system that wasn't built for the kind of care I wanted to give. The appointments were too short. The labs were too narrow. My patients were too often dismissed. I watched intelligent, health-literate people leave without answers over and over again, and I decided that the right response wasn't to adapt to the system. It was to build something different.
Mederi is that practice. The DPC model removes the insurance intermediary, keeps my patient panel at a size that allows real relationships, and gives me the time I need to actually investigate. My advanced training in functional medicine adds the investigative layer. I order tests conventional medicine doesn't reach for. I interpret results in the context of the whole person, not just the single marker that's out of range. I build protocols that address root causes, track them with repeat labs and InBody scanning, and adjust them as the picture gets clearer.
The training behind the care.
My credentials aren't decorative. They are the reason the clinical model at Mederi works.
APRN, FNP-C — Board-certified family nurse practitioner. Full practice authority in the state of Nebraska.
Advanced Functional Medicine Training — Evidence-based approach to root cause investigation, advanced diagnostics, and personalized protocols.
Primary Care Scope — Chronic disease management, acute care, preventive medicine, hormone evaluation, and medical oversight of all clinical programs at Mederi.
IV Nutrition Clinical Oversight — All IV infusions and injections at Mederi are administered under my direct clinical supervision.
DPC Model — I keep my patient panel at a size that allows unhurried, relationship-based care. That's not an accident. It's a decision I made on purpose.
how i practice
Thorough. Unhurried. Always looking for the real answer.
If you've been told your labs are normal but you still don't feel well, that gap is exactly where I work.
Standard labs report whether your markers fall within a reference range built from broad population averages. Functional medicine labs report where you fall within an optimal range, and they include markers that standard panels don't order: fasting insulin, full thyroid panels, micronutrients, hormone metabolites, inflammatory markers, and more. The difference between what a standard panel shows and what a functional panel reveals is often where the real answers live.
My functional medicine intake process starts with a comprehensive health history. Not a five-minute intake form, but a thorough review of your timeline, your symptoms, your previous lab work, and the full context of how you've been living in your body. From there I build an assessment that reflects what's actually going on, and a protocol designed to address it.
Follow-up visits are included in your DPC membership. My relationship with you doesn't end at the first appointment. It deepens over time.
I’D LOVE TO MEET YOU
If you aren’t ready to enroll, that’s ok. Your health is important and you need to feel comfortable and trust the provider you are working with. The first step is a free 15-minute conversation, in person or over the phone. No intake form, no deposit, no commitment. Just an honest conversation about what you're looking for and whether Mederi is the right fit.
If it is, I'll walk you through enrollment. If it isn't, I'll tell you honestly and point you toward a better resource if I know one. That's how I practice.