Listen along as President Marc Long of Mount Marty University talks with Michele Snyders, hospice and palliative care program manager for the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations (SDAHO), about the differences between palliative care and hospice care, the challenges of providing palliative care to patients and what is being done to improve availability, and the impacts of palliative care on the patient as well as the healthcare setting itself.

President Marc Long of Mount Marty University talks with Dr. Wende Heckert, family nurse practitioner and owner of Heckert Health Center, LLC, a family practice clinic in Norfolk, Neb. They discuss the evolution of full practice authority in regards to nurse practitioners and a typical day as a family nurse practitioner in a rural clinic compared to larger entities, biggest challenges to rural healthcare as a patient and also a healthcare provider, the importance of collaboration with the expanding healthcare needs of patients, and touch on the unique specialty of forensic nursing and how it can impact patient care.

What will be the next public health crisis? That question often lingers in the back of Melissa Magstadt's mind. As South Dakota's Secretary of Health, Magstadt spends much of her time navigating health challenges—not necessarily behind illnesses themselves, but the environments in which people live and work and access basic health needs. Dive into South Dakota's most prominent health crises as Secretary Magstadt and Health on the Map host Marc Long discuss the vitality of partnership and the evolution of care in our rural and tribal communities, from behavioral health and prenatal care to diabetes. The views expressed by guests may not necessarily be the views of Mount Marty University.

Sources:

• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jrh.12354

Research shows that more than 50% of American adults have diabetes or pre-diabetes and that residents of rural communities are more likely to die from it than those in urban or suburban areas. Join us as Health on the Map host Marc Long talks with nurse practitioner and endocrine specialist Chris Yedinak on the dynamics of diabetes in rural communities, from what it is and why it's growing to food deserts and lifestyle management. The views expressed by guests may not necessarily be the views of Mount Marty University.

Sources:

• https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00001831.htm#:~:text=A%20doubling%20of%20cases%20among,27.6%20per%201000%20U.S.%20residents.
• https://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/data/statistics-report/index.html
• https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jrh.12354