98. The risk of recurrent concussions & more (solo episode)

Mandi Dickey is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner with 20+ years of experience in healthcare. She is a three-time Top Nurse Practitioner award winner, received the Faculty Excellence award in her previous role of nursing professor, has been on the review committee for several nursing textbooks, and was the recipient of the Women of Armor Personal Growth award for 2023.   In addition to planning and organizing local conferences, she has given presentations at numerous hospital staff CE conferences, local and regional nursing and professional conferences including the local chapter of AANN and hospital-system annual conferences, and statewide MN Brain Injury Alliance/MN Stroke Association annual conference. She also had a poster presentation at the International Stroke Conference. Mandi’s most recent presentation was titled “From Provider to Patient”, given at the MN Brain Injury Alliance survivor conference in March of 2024. In 2022, Mandi began her own podcast called Brain Wellness – the Podcast, covering a multitude of topics related to brain health and wellness, and has been interviewed on multiple other podcasts, discussing migraine and stroke treatment and concussion prevention.  In 2023, Mandi was in a car accident and suffered a traumatic brain injury, and while not fully recovered, has returned to her passion of sharing and educating the public about neuroscience topics, now most passionately about concussion and TBI.   Amazon link to book: https://a.co/d/gFoWjR3 Barnes&Noble.com link to book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/welcome-back-dickey/1145675472;jsessionid=ED0E366ADB03182F3A00A8579399CBB5.prodny_store02-atgap10?ean=9798990861220   Find more about Brain Wellness at: https://brainwellnesssolutions.com/ Support the show with Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brainwellnessnp