If you think a pharmacist is just someone who gets an order from a doctor and passes out the pills, tune in and learn how you are wrong! 

NorthLakes Pharmacy director, Chris Dryer, joins me for a conversation about the nuances of what she and her team in prescription services do to get medications to our patients. 

NorthLakes Community Clinic is one of many agencies in Wisconsin that provides School Based Behavioral Health Services. This offers easy access to care for students and prevents parents needing to leave work to get a child to an appointment.

In this episode, Jes Springer, a NorthLakes Behavioral Health Therapist and School Based Behavioral Health Director, shares many more details about how this program is helpful to families and schools, talks about some of the mechanics of the program and then shares how her two therapy dogs, Dave and Linda, help her provide care.

Linda during the interview.

Richelle Andre and Sashi Gregory share their wisdom about Community Health Centers, (AKA) Federally Qualified Health Centers), from working at the Wisconsin Primary Health Care Association.

The conversation ties into National Health Center Week 2024 - a celebration of CHC's throughout the nation. Is there an event close to you?

Check here.

This is a great breakdown of how each CHC is different and how they are the same, what kind of care they provide and why you should visit one!

Information about Sashi's cricket exploits, Click Here.

Picture of horse barn at Scenic Bluffs Community Health Center.

What is Weight Stigma? How can it affect someone’s health? What is NorthLakes doing about it? Behavioral Health Therapist Megan Collins and Registered Nurse and Clinical Quality Improvement Manager, Lori Cannon discuss all of this in this episode of the NorthLakes Podcast. 

Link to Implicit Bias website that Lori mentions: Click Here

Links to NorthLakes Posters: Click Here and Here

What is social isolation? Why is it bad? Who is prone to it? What can you do about it?

All of these questions and more are answered in this conversation with NorthLakes Psychologist, Allison Allen. We go a little deeper into emotional check ins and make references to a feelings wheel. Here is a link to one if you want to try it out:

https://feelingswheel.com/

NorthLakes Community Clinic Pediatric Dentist Rena Christman talks about teeth, kids, and how she and her team works with families to have positive encounters at the dentist. She also gives us a few different names for baby teeth, how to develop good brushing and flossing habits, and tells us what's in her car.

He/She/They - What does it all mean?

Behavioral Health Therapist, Tamilyn White returns to the NorthLakes Podcast to talk about pronouns - why they are important, how to integrate them into your life, and why they are especially important in health care.

If you have been wanting to learn more about this "new" way people are addressing each other, this is the episode for you.

NorthLakes Website

Tamilyn White

Why pronouns are important

Understanding Neopronouns

Short Video

The NorthLakes Podcast returns with a conversation about High Blood Pressure with Family Nurse Practitioner, Emma Cole and Registered Dietitian, Rebecca Crumb-Johnson. They share some explanations of High Blood Pressure, how the heart works and why healthy blood pressure is a good thing. 

It’s a fun and informative discussion about a condition that affects many of us. 

Here is a link that explains the DASH diet Rebecca refers to: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/education/dash-eating-plan

Not many people enjoy getting a vaccination. For some, it's extremely hard. To help make it easier, NorthLakes is working to create environments and conditions that will make it a more tolerable experience. Nurse Practitioner Angela Lunn tells us all about Sensory Friendly Vaccination Clinics in this episode.

Materials for this program were shared by the Autism Society.

More information can be found here:

https://autismsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/AS_VEI_Guide-to-accessible-vaccine-clinics_EN.pdf

This episode of the NorthLakes Podcast is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

What is Trauma? How does it effect people? What can they do about it?

These are just some of the questions that Behavioral Health Therapist, Jane Moker answers in this episode of the NorthLakes Podcast.

Jane provides care at NorthLakes Community Clinic - Marinette.