Dakota Hope broadens clinic offerings in region

Jill Schramm/MDN Nurse practitioner Janis Neumann sits in an exam room between client visits at Dakota Hope Clinic. Neumann, who began as a volunteer at Dakota Hope and later provided nursing services, will be bringing new services to the clinic in her current role.

From new wellness services to fertility and adoption education, Dakota Hope Clinic in Minot is broadening its offerings to address what it has found to be needed in the region.

Clinic Administrator Nadia Smetana and nurse practitioner Janis Neumann outlined new programs the clinic has started or hopes to begin as Dakota Hope looks ahead to its annual fundraising banquets in September in Minot, Tioga and Bottineau.

In addition to working with Dakota Hope’s pregnancy clients, Neumann recently began offering sports physicals an