West River Health Services
MISSION
The mission of West River Health Services is to provide comprehensive health and wellness services to the residents and visitors of the region.
VISION
To be a unified organization; To provide a full spectrum of services in the continuum of care; To follow its Mission of service and Values of Excellence, Innovation, Compassion and Respect; To face with courage the constant challenges of providing rural healthcare; To accept and assert itself in the role as a regional and national leader.
CORE VALUES
Excellence in practice,
Innovation in service,
Compassion for the people we serve, and
Respect for one another.
OUR MOTTO
Quality FirstTM
Top Stories
West River Health Services offers anytime, anywhere education through YoMingo. This platform offers excellent resources for everything you want to know about pregnancy, birth and beyond.
YoMingo gives you access to:
- Evidence-based education on pregnancy, birth, parenting and more
- Information specific to your arrival and stay at West River Health Services
- Community health resources
- List of available classes and support groups
- Personal journal
- And other tools
This is available on any device and comes in multiple languages.
Register for the program by clicking here: AutoRegistration and following the instructions or by emailing cindyh@wrhs.com or calling 701-567-6190. Once you have registered, you will receive an email invitation from noreply@yomingo.com where you can create a unique password and login. Then, you can also download the mobile app version by searching your app store for "YoMingo".
Already registered? Log in here: yomingo.com
Are YOU Ready to be Tobacco FREE?
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death in the United States. Most tobacco users say they would quit if it was just a little easier. With our support,
it can be.
Tobacco Treatment Specialists (TTS) understand the science behind tobacco addiction and nicotine withdrawal symptoms and work with you to develop an individualized plan that gives you the best chance of success in quitting.
If you are ready to quit any form of tobacco, contact us today:
Hettinger • (701) 567-4561
New England • (701) 579-4507
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Lesley Kling, DNP, APRN, FNP-C
Tobacco Treatment Specialist
Hettinger Clinic
Teresa Nielsen, RN, PA-C
Tobacco Treatment Specialist
New England Clinic
Mission: “Our mission is to improve the overall well-being and
emotional health of our youth, adults and families within the communities we serve.”
Staff (L to R)
Carrie Ann K. Ranum, MD, Pediatric Medicine
Jacquelyn A. Hedstrom, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Tara L. Jorgenson, LPCC, Program Coordinator/Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor
Team
The Behavioral Health team consists of a group of professionals, with mental health backgrounds, trained to treat the needs of those in our service area. The Behavioral Health team consists of:
Dr. Carrie Ann K. Ranum, MD, Pediatrics, has special interests in the treatment of ADHD, anxiety, depression and other behavioral issues. Clinics served include Bowman, Hettinger, Lemmon, Mott, and New England.
Jacquelyn A. Hedstrom, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, provides Psychiatry/Psychotherapy, Crisis Prevention Intervention, and Trauma-Informed Care. She welcomes children, adolescents and adults.
Tara L. Jorgenson, LPCC, Program Coordinator/Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, provides individual, couple and family therapy. Tara welcomes children, adolescence and adults. Special interests include treatment of anxiety, depression, behavioral issues and co-occurring disorders.
Locations:
Hettinger Clinic - 701.567.4561
Lemmon Clinic - 605.374.3773
Mott Clinic - 701.824.2391
New England Clinic - 701.579.4507
Scranton Clinic - 701.275.6336
Clinic coverage does vary per clinician.
Specialties
Medication Management
Diagnostic Assessments
ADD/ADHD Assessments
Anxiety
Depression
Trauma and PTSD
Grief and Loss
Anger Management
Stress Management
Parenting Education
Services
Telehealth and In-Person Appointments
Services are available for children, teens and adults. We provide individual, couple and family counseling.
Fees
We are credentialed with most major insurance companies to include Medicaid and Medicare. WRHS offers a Charity Care program for a reduced fee for service and a sliding fee scale, for those that qualify.
Confidentiality
All counseling records are kept strictly confidential. Information may not be shared without the explicit informed consent of the patient.
Resources
- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, call or text 988
- 24-Hour FirstLink 211 Helpline, dial 2-1-1 or 701-235-SEEK (7335)
- Crisis Text Line, text 741741
- Veterans Crisis Line, dial 988 then Press 1 or text 838255
- Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis Center - Dickinson, ND
Call 701-225-4506 (24/7)
- Communities Against Violence and Abuse (CAVA) – Lemmon, SD
Call 605-244-7233 (24/7)
AA Meetings (aanorthdakota.org)
Meetings – South Dakota Alcoholics Anonymous – Area 63 (area63aa.org)
Conversation Matters
What is Palliative Care? Palliative care is specialized medical care for people living with a serious illness. This type of care is focused on relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness. The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family.
Definition of Serious Illness - A health condition that carries a high risk of mortality AND either negatively impacts a person’s daily function or quality of life, OR excessively strains their caregivers.
Needed Everywhere:
- Is appropriate at any age and stage in a serious illness, and can be provided along with curative treatment
- People may need palliative care in hospitals, in the community and in nursing facilities
- Care can be provided at home, inpatient facilities, clinic, community or anywhere services are available
4 C’s of Palliative Care:
- Comfort
- Communication/Conversation
- Choices
- Control
How can I benefit?
- Provides relief from pain and other distressing symptoms
- Intends neither to hasten or postpone death
- Offers a support system to help patients live as actively as possible until death
- Patient and family centered care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing and treating suffering
Palliative Care Can:
- Improve quality of Life
- Reduces pain
- Make patients feel better
- Decrease readmissions
- Improves patient and family satisfaction
- Open lines of communication
What are the treatment goals?
- Medication education
- Symptom management
- Support and education for the patient and family
- Advance Care Planning
What is Advance Care Planning?
- The process of identifying and discussing future medical decisions regarding treatment options and goals you would or would not want.
- Appointing a healthcare agent
- Completing an advance directive
Have you had the conversation?
Duane Fried, RN, Discharge Planner
701-567-6010 or duanef@wrhs.com
Additional Resources
Center to Advance Palliative Care
What is a Cardiac Stress Testing Lab?
The Stress Lab is comprised of a multidisciplinary team including physicians, nurses, radiology technicians, and respiratory therapists. Patients are referred to the lab to determine the cause, risk assessment and outlook associated with various forms of heart disease by performing exercise stress tests or wearing external cardiac monitors. Typical symptoms requiring service in the stress lab include: chest pain; unexplained shortness of breath; unexplained arm, neck, back or jaw discomfort; fatigue or weakness; palpitations; dizziness; fainting episodes; valvular heart disease and heart failure
What is an Exercise Stress Test?
An exercise stress test, also known as a stress test, provides information about how your heart works during physical activity. Your heart beats faster and harder during exercise helping your physician diagnose heart problems he may not see otherwise. For those patients who are unable to physically exercise, a medication known as Lexiscan can be given to increase the heart rate similarly to exercise.
West River Health Services offers three types of stress tests.
Stress Lab Services:
- EXERCISE TESTING WITHOUT IMAGINGS
This exercise stress test involves walking on a treadmill while having your blood pressure and breathing monitored. Fasting is not required, but it is recommended you do not eat or drink anything two hours prior to your test. Please ask your physician if you need to stop any of your medications before your stress test.
- CARDIOLITE EXERCISE STRESS TEST
This exercise stress test starts in the Nuclear Medicine department. You will have an IV placed and receive a Cardiolite injection in your bloodstream. After your injection, you will have pictures taken of your heart at rest. These images are important to see the bloodflow to your heart at rest and will be compared with your images taken after exercise. You will then walk on a treadmill with a goal of increasing your heart rate and blood pressure. When you have achieved your predetermined heart rate, you will receive another injection of Cardiolite in your blood stream. Because exercise opens up the arteries in your heart, a second set of images will be taken in the Nuclear Medicine department after your exercise stress test is complete. These images can show areas of low blood flow through the heart and damaged heart muscle. The radiologist will compare the images and your physician will call you with the results of your stress test. This stress test requires fasting for at least seven hours including all foods and fluids and 24 hours of all caffeine. Please ask your physician if you need to stop any of your medications before your stress test. - PHARMACOLOGIC STRESS TEST
This exercise stress test is the same as the Cardiolite stress test except instead of exercise increasing your heartrate and blood pressure, you receive medicine. This medicine is called Lexiscan. Lexiscan is given as an injection through your IV into your bloodstream. Immediately following this injection you will receive the second dose of Cardiolite.
Referrals for testing
A physician’s order is required for any service offered in the Stress Lab. For further information or assistance, please call your primary care provider or our Stress Lab at 701-567-6345. Medicare and commercial insurances are accepted and cover most or all of the costs for prescribed services. We encourage you to contact your insurance provider regarding your benefits and coverage before scheduling.
Contact
Monday - Friday
701-567-6345
