That's Healthful

That's Healthful

Welcome to "That's Healthful" with your host, Dr. Lisa Beasley, DNP, FNP! Interview guests range from all backgrounds and join me to discuss various health topics from genetics to specific disease states to health policy. My goal is to get information out to everyone from professional healthcare providers to patients to researchers. You will hear the latest information on health and living a healthy life. Enjoy and visit www.thatshealthful.com

Episodes

October 25, 2024 25 mins
My guest this episode is Family Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Midwife, Dr. Meg Gill. Dr. Gill is a clinician in East Tennessee at Choice Health Network. 
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Kim Humerickhouse with the Tennessee End of Life Partnership (TELP) is my guest on this episode. We discuss advance care planning - who needs it? Why do we need it? What are the benefits of planning in advance? Get helpful information and be prepared for what the future holds in store. 

Resources:
https://endoflifecaretn.org/ 

https://www.caringinfo.org/planning/advance-directives/ 

https://www.fivewishes.org/ 

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Join me for an episode during Pride Month with Registered Nurse, Ms. Tiffany Elliott. Ms. Elliott is a nurse researcher whose research interest includes health inequities in the LGBTQ community. 

Episode Resources:

https://nursejournal.org/resources/lgbtq-care-training-and-resources-for-nurses/

https://www.thetrevorproject.org/research/

https://cancer-network.org/cancer-information/cancer-and-the-lgbt-community/barriers-to-health-care...
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April 12, 2024 26 mins
April 11 through the 17th is Black Maternal Health Week. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) reports that maternal mortality is increasing and it is especially true for Black women with 69.9 maternal deaths out of 100,000 births. These are unprecedented numbers. Join me and my guest, Certified Nurse Midwife - Davin Johnson, this week as we talk about ways we can advocate and help change the system.  
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Join me this week for a discussion with Certified Nurse Midwife, Davin Johnson! Davin and I discuss the role of the professional CNM and all that entails.
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January is National Stalking Awareness Month. This brief episode discusses the identification of stalking and ways to protect yourself from stalkers.

Resources:

https://www.stalkingawareness.org/

https://victimconnect.org/learn/types-of-crime/stalking/#:~:text=End%20All%20Contact%20%E2%80%93%20Sometimes%20this,an%20obvious%20sign%20of%20danger.

https://www.techsafety.org/resources-survivors
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November is National COPD Awareness Month and my guest is Respiratory Physiologist and Registered Nurse, Dr. Sarah Miller from the Medical University of South Carolina. Dr. Miller's expertise helps shine a light on the challenges with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in general and the special challenges in our rural communities.
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This week’s episode is part 3 of 3 on gun-related violence. My guest is Dr. Regan Williams, a pediatric trauma surgeon at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN. Dr. Williams and her team see their fair share of gun-related violence both intentional and unintentional inflicted upon our children. Dr. Williams and I explore potential causes and solutions to this epidemic in both our city and in our country.
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Join me for this episode as Mr. Andrew McIver and I discuss a rare autoimmune disease that impacts his daily life - Eosinophilic Esophagitis or EoE. Roughly, 160,000 Americans are living with this autoimmune disease and it can be isolating and have other implications for daily living.

Resources:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/eosinophilic-esophagitis/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20372203

https://www.niaid.nih.gov/news-even...
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Dale Lane is Chief of the Collierville Police Department, a suburb outside of Memphis, Tennessee. Join me for this episode as Chief Lane and I discuss two active shooter incidents that occurred within the last 2 years in Collierville. We discuss what you can do to protect yourself in an active shooter event. Chief Lane encourages active shooter training. If your organization or facility inside Collierville would like to receive thi...
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This episode is part 1 of a 3-part series and addresses gun-related violence as an epidemic in our country. Dr. Alisa Haushalter, former Director of the Shelby County Health Department in Memphis, Tennessee is my guest. Dr. Haushalter is currently an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the College of Nursing. Join us as we discuss the trends and the attempts to mitigate gun violence.

Resourc...
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On this episode my guests include Drs. Marie Gill, Jane Flanagan, and Margaret “Maggie” Pharris. Our conversation centered around dialogue and its importance and Dr. Margaret Newman’s theory – Health as Expanding Consciousness (HEC). Dr. Newman was a nursing theorist who is an alumna of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing, and a former faculty member of the College of Nursing. The UTHSC CON recently...
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Join me this week for a conversation with Dr. Tara Lemoine. Dr. Lemoine is the Executive Director of the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation (CHIPS) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Dr. Lemoine and I discuss the various simulation methods and designs. We also discuss the importance of simulation with the interprofessional team to improve outcomes for our patients. Dr. Lemoine brings an exci...
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Introduction to Theory and Dr. Margaret A. Newman’s Theory
Guests: Drs. Marie Gill, Mona Wicks & Carolyn Graff

In this episode, I have the honor of talking with three distinguished guests from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing. Drs. Marie Gill, Mona Wicks & Carolyn Graff will be discussing nursing theory in general and as nursing theory relates to Dr. Margaret Newman, a nursing theorist, ...
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Join me for an episode with Dean Wendy Likes and Dr. Marie Gill from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing as we discuss the opening of the Dr. Margaret A. Newman Center for Nursing Theory. You’ll hear about the vision for the center, Dr. Newman’s theory, and the importance of nursing theory in the practice of nursing. The inaugural dedication ceremony celebrating the Center will be held at the UTHSC ...
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March 24, 2023 34 mins
March is a two-fer month meaning it’s National Nutrition Month and Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. This is the 50th anniversary of National Nutrition Month, created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In this episode, you'll hear from Ms. Leslie Ely a Registered Dietician, Licensed Dietician Nutritionist, and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist about the importance of nutrition and nutrition related to colorectal cancer....
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That’s Healthful Episode #85: Combating the Opioid Crisis – Substance Misuse & Addiction Resource for Tennessee Initiative Jeremy Kourvelas, SMART Substance Use Coordinator

According to the CDC, a little over a million, people have died from a drug overdose since 1999. In 2020, approximately 75% of the overdose deaths were opioid involved. The opioids identified have been prescription opioids like fentanyl and that the majo...
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Join me for a conversation with Dr. Lacretia Carroll, Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center about the importance of health informatics. Learn more about what health and nursing informatics mean to you as a patient or as a provider. Dr. Carroll especially relates health informatics to her research on health disparities in the LGBTQ+ community.


More about Dr. Carroll:

Lacreti...
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National Stalking Awareness – January 2023

January is National Stalking Awareness Month. Did you know that 1 in 5 college-age women and 1 in 33 college-age men are stalked? Learn more facts about stalking on this episode of That’s Healthful with my guests Captain Joanne Morrow and Lieutenant Celia Tisby, both are officers with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center Campus Police. UTHSC brings awareness to issues such as ...
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January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month! Tune in this week to hear the facts and learn what you can do to prevent cervical cancer.

Visit thatshealthful.com. Like or follow this podcast wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.

Episode Resources:

https://www.nccc-online.org//wp-content/uploads/2019/01/10ThingsHPV_CCAM-1.pdf

https://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/default.htm

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hpv-infection/sy...
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