Shannon Spence, F.N.P.
Location
64 Business Center Drive
Pawleys Island, South Carolina 29585
OFFICE
Pawleys Pediatrics and Adult Medicine
HOURS
Monday – Thursday
8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday Clinic
9:00 am – 11:00 am
64 Business Center Drive
Pawleys Island, South Carolina 29585
Pawleys Pediatrics and Adult Medicine
Monday – Thursday
8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday Clinic
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Shannon Spence, Family Nurse Practioner (FNP), was born in Myrtle Beach, S.C., at the old Myrtle Beach Airforce base! Growing up in the military, she traveled to many places and even lived in Turkey for many years! When her dad retired, her family relocated to Georgetown, where Shannon completed high school. After graduating high school, she attended Coastal, The University of South Carolina (USC) – Coastal Campus, at the time. She worked full-time as a local waitress in Pawleys Island to pay her way through school until she graduated in 1999.
Her Grandmother in Lake City, S.C., was a nurse for many years, and this is what Shannon feels led her to be a nurse. She says, “It’s just in her blood,” and claims she’s always enjoyed caring for people and animals.
While pursuing her career as a nurse, she worked at local hospitals, gaining experience and knowledge along the way. Shannon worked in several different areas within the hospital. Her favorite specialty is intensive care. She worked in the intensive care unit at Georgetown Hospital for over ten years. Working in intensive care motivated Shannon to further her career and return to school to earn her degree as a nurse practitioner. She said she wanted to do more on the other side of health care to promote wellness and help prevent people from getting so sick that they required intensive care. Shannon is a huge advocate for preventative care and wellbeing. In 2017, she ended her twenty-year nursing career, reaching her goal and graduating from Francis Marion University with honors. She said that was one of the happiest days of her life being surrounded by those who had supported her along the way – her family and friends.
After graduating, Shannon joined Conway Medical outpatient Primary Care team, working over five years as a Nurse Practitioner in family medicine. Recently, she joined our team at Pawleys Pediatrics and Adult Medicine, bringing her back to her home in Pawleys Island. Shannon has lived in Pawleys for over thirty years with her husband, Freeman, and their two children, Katie and Sebastian. She loves spending time with her family and her many fur babies. She enjoys reading and gardening, but most of all, she loves anything related to the water. If you are looking for her in the summer, you will find her on the weekends in her creek boat, on Pawleys Island.… fishing.