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Next Level NPAuthor: Marcia Jones, NP
The Next Level NP PodcastRevolutionizing Womens HealthcareOne Conversation at a Time.Womens healthcare is evolving, and meaningful change begins with better conversations.Hosted by Marcia Jones, NPFunctional Medicine Practitioner, educator, author, speaker, entrepreneur, and founder of Next Level NPthis podcast brings together the voices shaping the future of womens healthcare.Each week, youll hear inspiring conversations with women, Nurse Practitioners, researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who are challenging the status quo and helping create a more compassionate, evidence-informed approach to caring for women.Together, well explore everything that impacts a womans healthfrom hormones, metabolism, gut health, nutrition, longevity, and mental wellness to leadership, innovation, business, advocacy, and the evolving landscape of healthcare.Whether youre a woman searching for answers or a healthcare professional striving to provide exceptional care, this podcast is designed to educate, inspire, and empower. Every conversation offers practical insights, fresh perspectives, and real stories that remind us that listening is often the first step toward healing.Because the future of womens healthcare will be transformed when informed women and inspired providers learn from one another.Welcome to The Next Level NP Podcast.Together, were revolutionizing womens healthcareone conversation at a time. Language: en Genres: Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Medicine Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 39: The Wellness Exam Is Outdated: Women Deserve Better
Episode 3
Tuesday, 22 September, 2026
Are we really practicing preventive healthcare—or are we simply screening for disease and calling it wellness?In this episode of The Next Level NP Podcast, I’m challenging the traditional wellness exam and the way we approach women’s health.A CBC, CMP, glucose, cholesterol and basic screenings are important. But when a woman is exhausted, gaining abdominal weight, losing muscle, struggling with sleep, experiencing brain fog or noticing significant changes during perimenopause and menopause, being told that “everything looks normal” doesn’t answer the most important question:Why doesn’t she feel well?Women’s health needs change across the lifespan, and our approach to prevention should change with them.In this episode, I discuss the importance of looking beyond basic disease screening to consider hormonal changes, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, insulin and metabolic health, thyroid function, muscle mass, bone health, sleep, nutrition and cardiovascular risk.We also talk about why counting steps isn’t the same as protecting muscle and bone, why a normal glucose doesn’t necessarily tell the entire metabolic story, and why improving a woman’s quality of life may actually give her the capacity and motivation to pursue true wellness.This isn’t about ordering every test on every woman or treating every symptom with hormones. It’s about asking better questions, understanding female physiology, and recognizing opportunities for prevention before disease becomes the diagnosis.It’s time to move beyond simply telling women, “Everything looks normal.”It’s time for better women’s healthcare.FOR WOMENIf you’re tired of being told your labs are “normal” when you know you don’t feel like yourself, learn more about working with me. I provide virtual women’s health and hormone care. marciajonesnp.comFOR NURSE PRACTITIONERSIf you’re an NP who wants to go beyond ordering labs and learn how to understand women’s hormonal and metabolic health, interpret the bigger clinical picture, and connect the dots, explore NextLevelNP.netFOR ORGANIZATIONSWomen’s health isn’t just a healthcare issue. It’s a workforce strategy. I work with organizations to bring evidence-informed midlife women’s health education and strategy into the workplace. https://marciajonesnp.comThe Next Level NP PodcastTransforming Women’s Healthcare One Conversation at a Time.Subscribe, share this episode, and join the conversation about what women’s healthcare can become.#WomensHealth #Menopause #Perimenopause #HormoneHealth #PreventiveHealth #NursePractitioner #NextLevelNP #MetabolicHealth #WomensWellness #MenopauseAtWork
