Melanie Cathleen Watkins, APRN, FNP-C
A member of Texas Health Physicians Group
Melanie Cathleen Watkins, APRN, FNP-C
Nurse Practitioner-Family
Offers Video Visits
Texas Health Family Care 2701 Panhandle St
Denton, TX 76201
Denton, TX 76201
About Me
Specialties
Nurse Practitioner-Family
Gender
F
Languages
English
Education
Texas Woman's University - Graduate School - 2023
The University of Alabama Capstone College of Nursing - Undergraduate - 2007
Bio
Melanie Watkins served in the United States Navy Nurse Corps from 2007 to 2014 providing OB/GYN and Labor & Delivery care to military families. During her service, she was honored with National Defense, Global War on Terrorism, and Navy & Marine Corps Achievement medals. After serving in leadership and direct patient care roles as a registered nurse for a total of seventeen years, Melanie became certified as a family nurse practitioner in 2023. Her areas of special focus as a nurse practitioner include internal medicine, pediatrics and women’s health.
Melanie earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. She holds a master’s degree in nursing from Texas Woman’s University in Denton. Melanie is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Accepted Insurance
= Accepting New Patients
6 Degrees-Fort Worth Firefighters
Aetna Commercial
Aetna MedAdv ESA PPO
Ambetter-ACA/Marketplace
BCBS Blue Choice PPO
BCBS Blue Essentials (HMO Blue)
BCBS Blue Medicare Advantage HMO
BCBS Blue Medicare Advantage PPO
BCBS MyBlueHealth
Cigna Commercial
First Health (Formerly Coventry)
Galaxy
HealthFirst TPA-Ardent Health Services
HealthSmart
Humana HMO PPO Medicare Adv
Medicaid Tarrant
Medicare Railroad
Medicare Rest Of Texas
Medicare Tarrant
PHCS Multiplan
QuickTrip
Self-pay
Tricare West
TriWest VA (BCBS)
UHC AARP Medicare Adv
UHC Commercial
USA Commercial PPO
WellCare Medicare HMO/PPO
Reviews
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Comments
4.9 out of 5 (161 Ratings, 74 Comments)
May 2026Took time to answer all my questionsMay 2026ALL GOODMay 2026All Absolutely exceptionalMay 2026Always great!!May 2026Entire team is awesome. Cannot tell you how much I appreciate these folksMay 2026Always a good experience as well as efficientMay 2026Always friendly staff all throughout the office. Nurse I see majority of my visits is always great and NP Watkins is very thorough and caring. I won't go anywhere elseMay 2026Great support staff. Friendly, courteousand professionalMay 2026Great Dr and support staff. Knowledgeable, polite and professional. I Aptos highly recommend.May 2026I bring my mom and sister to their visits there which is why I made this facility my primary choice for my medical care.May 2026I was only there for a physical and labs. But overall I was pleased with everything. The admission specialists are amazing, friendly and very welcoming.May 2026Efficient, polite and patient.May 2026My PA listened to my problems and ordered xray of my knees and requested a referral to Dr Bender. Also prescribed steroids for eye allergy and knees. Always listens carefully to my complaints and concerns. Polite and respectful.May 2026Very professionalMay 2026All of the staff very friendly and helpful!May 2026Very friendly and professional, easy to communicate with! Definitely will be a returning patient.May 2026She made me feel at ease. Easy to talk to and very sweet.May 2026The staff is amazing. They are all so nice and you can tell they really like their job there.May 2026This has been my favorite doctors office I have ever been toApr 2026Allways very good care at this facilityApr 2026GOODApr 2026GOOD EXPIERENCEApr 2026Melanie Watkins is wonderful. This was my first visit to the clinic and she made me feel so comfortable. She is knowledgeable, thorough, shows concern, and offers good suggestions. I am very pleased.Apr 2026All was greatApr 2026Very nice friendly staffApr 2026She's so attuned to my health issues. Takes me seriously and always has ideas to better things.Apr 2026Melanie was great. Took time to listen and explained everything.Apr 2026Melanie Watkins and the entire staff are amazing!Apr 2026Very pleasant and amazing BEDSIDE manners, very thoughtful with careApr 2026[...] She's so professional and her bedside manners is very pleasant.Apr 2026I've been on quite the journey over the last couple of months, and Melanie has been very helpful, knowledgeable, and responsive.Apr 2026Everyone was so kind as well as knowledgeableApr 2026All the staff are very friendly and courteous.Apr 2026My provider was very patient with me and listened to what I had to say and explained what my options were available for me.Apr 2026The staff is welcoming and supportive. They work together very well with each other and the patients!Apr 2026Melanie is probably one of the most attentivee, caring PA's I have ever delt with! She is knowledgeable but not hesitant to delve deeper for information Iif needed! After seeing multiple doctors and PA's over the last few years, she is the one that has really taken an interest in my case! I thank her from the bottom of my heart!Apr 2026From the moment I walked through the door, every single step was pleasant. The NP I was seeing was very informed and knowledgeable about all my health concerns.Apr 2026From the ladies at the front desk, to the staff taking initial information and also the follow up information, all was not only efficient but also truly listened to my personal concerns and addressed all of my questions kindly.Mar 2026The office staff are very friendly. ( even at 8:30 in the morning!)Mar 2026Melanie is a gem. She listens to your concerns and then advises. I trust her to give me her best recommendations.Mar 2026Melanie was very thorough in how she went through all my records. She listened to my thoughts and she made it very easy to understand what would happen next.Mar 2026Great staffMar 2026Melanie allows me to feel listened to.Mar 2026The whole staff was extremely friendly and listened to my concerns, extremely pleased, for being at a new facility.Mar 2026It does not get better than them.Mar 2026Melanie is the absolute best. She's going to be my PCP as long as she's there. Honestly, the entire office is outstanding, super pleasant, efficient and well organized.Mar 2026Always welcoming and supportiveMar 2026Always very nice informative and helpful to get to specialists and helpful with making appointmentsMar 2026She really listens to youFeb 2026Awesome as alwaysFeb 2026Everything was perfect!Feb 2026Friendly , informant, helpful, professionalFeb 2026All staff seems to work, In Harmony Thank you all for the work you do ! And especially Melanie Watkins & [...]Feb 2026Nothing bad to report. Everyone was kind, polite and professional.Feb 2026PA Melanie listened to me and had precise ,accurate answers to my questions and concernes. I did look up some of the questions I had and accuracy was 100%. She waS kind , professional, and Informative. Knee Injection was quick and almost painless. Mostly uncomfortable. It was between knee joints . I felt everything was dealt with understanding , compassion and professionalism .Feb 2026Nurses have always been friendly since being a patient thereFeb 2026Everyone is always nice and go out of their way to help. NP Watkins is always very thorough and cares very much about any concernFeb 2026The wait time was refreshingly very short. As usual the nurse and Melanie were very professional, friendly, and efficient.Feb 2026Excellent health CareFeb 2026I Get Excellent CareFeb 2026She talk to me and took her time with me and discussed what we should do for me to get better and feeling better.Feb 2026She did a really good job of finding out what was going on with me. She found out what kind of medication's that I should take for what was going on with me at this time. She also told me that if I am not getting better to come back to she them sooner.Feb 2026She is always friendly, patient , and willing to discuss any concerns.Feb 2026The whole office is amazing. Everyone is always so friendly and happy. It makes going to the Dr a more pleasant experience.Feb 2026Everyone was professional, knowledgable, and friendly.Feb 2026Confident with the care I'am receivingFeb 2026Melanie is obviously a seasoned NP and though my first visit, a breath of fresh of breath air after my last PCPFeb 2026ExcellentFeb 2026ExcellentFeb 2026I'm a new patient and I love my new nurse practitioner.Feb 2026Melanie Watkins is thorough and kindFeb 2026Very goodFeb 2026Great experienceFeb 2026Melanie is the best !!!!