Nurse practitioner Christine Talley received her bachelor's of science in nursing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in 2010 and then completed her family nurse practitioner master's program in 2015. She completed the National Institute of First Assisting course in 2017 to become an advanced practice certified surgical first assistant.Christine works with the Dr. Lowell Shih in the interventional spine pain management department in Covington. She has been part of Ochsner's team since January 2018. Her background includes women's health and orthopedics.