Societal Influences Impact on Cardiovascular Disease in Women [Video]

Dr. Lyn Behnke is a double-boarded Family and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. Her areas of specialty include complex disease management, addictions, management of depression and anxiety, and integrative care. Her practice has been primarily in rural areas, including Northern Michigan and North of the Arctic Circle. She is a patient-forward, holistic clinician with extensive experience in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion activities as part of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and the LGBTQIA+ community. As a faculty member at various nursing schools, she has brought forth the challenges of the LGBTQIA+ community, rural health care, and her passion, women’s heart health. She has published on substance use and misuse, transitions of care, rural and Indigenous vulnerable populations, the danger of under-diagnosing microvascular disease in women, the many facets of heart disease and heart failure, as well as primary care of the aging LGBTQIA adult. Her research interests include depression, anxiety, …