Erin Wax, DNP, RN, FNP-BC

Erin believes that good health moves beyond medication alone and includes a healthy mind, body, and spirit. She encourages her patients to get up, get out, and take advantage of everything our seaside community has to offer.

Erin Wax lives in Emerald Isle and enjoys spending time with her husband, four kids, large extended family, and dog named Daisy. She enjoys volunteering, music, cooking, biking, being outdoors, and spends most of her time at whatever activity her kids are into. She earned her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Salisbury University in Maryland in 1998. Erin worked as a nurse on a medical surgical floor and infectious disease unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore Maryland. Erin then graduated from the Johns Hopkins University in 2001 with her Masters of Science in Nursing, Clinical Specialist in HIV/AIDS and Health Systems Management. Erin was the nurse manager of an outpatient HIV/AIDS clinic at John’s Hopkins and enjoyed caring for patients living with HIV/AIDS and being involved in clinical research. Erin moved to North Carolina in 2003 and earned her Certification in Infection Control. She was an Infection Control Professional at Craven Medical Center prior to earning her post graduate certification from East Carolina University as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2010. Erin joined Carteret OBGYN as a Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner in 2010. Erin has earned her Doctor of Nursing Practice from University of North Carolina Wilmington in May 2020. Erin’s Doctoral project focused on improving obesity in rural women’s health practices. Erin has a special interest in primary care, adolescent health, fertility, and sexual dysfunction.