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“I want my patients to feel like we are a team. I’m in this with them.”

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Nurse Practitioner Joy Ryskoski's initial interest in medicine sparked from visiting her father who was hospitalized at Marshfield Medical Center, formerly St. Joseph's Hospital, for four months in Marshfield.

​“During those four months, I spent countless hours sitting in my dad's hospital room, watching the staff come and go," she said. “It was clear to me after watching how they took care of my mom and dad. I knew right away that this career was for me. I needed to be able to make that kind of difference for someone." 

Joy enjoys family medicine because she is passionate about health maintenance, chronic disease prevention and coordinating her patients' care. 

“I love to be able to help people manage all of the stuff in their life," she said. “I want to get them to the specialist they need and be their coordinator of care." 

In her practice, Joy values addressing her patients' needs and wants using common, easy-to-understand language to help them understand even complex health care. Additionally, Joy is an LGBTQ+ affirming provider and has expertise in gender affirming care. 

“I want patients to walk out of my office feeling like they understand what's going on, and that they have somebody involved in their care who cares and understands them," she said. 

Joy went to Northern Technical College in Wausau for her associate degree, then worked at 7N at Marshfield Medical Center (hospital). After getting married in 1997, she moved to Medford, where she worked for a nursing home, and then family practice physicians for 17 years. In 2016, Joy went on to earn her bachelor's degree and master's in nursing at Chamberlain University in Chicago. 

Joy and her husband, Mark, have two adult children – a son and a daughter. She enjoys reading, puzzles, travel and UTVing. 

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  • Professional Societies
    American Academy of Nurse Practitioners American Nurses Association Wisconsin Nurses Association

    State Licenses
    Wisconsin

Patient Ratings down arrow

4.7
out of 5 (135 ratings, 16 comments)
4.7
Provider explanations of my problem
4.7
Provider concern for my questions
4.7
Provider's efforts to include me in treatment decisions
4.7
Provider's discussion of proposed treatment
4.7
My likelihood of recommending this provider

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Comments are also gathered from the Press Ganey patient satisfaction survey and displayed in their entirety with the exception of any language that may be considered slander, libel or contain private health information, which will be removed prior to publishing.
Comments are from Press Ganey surveys. Slander, libel and private health information are removed.
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March 30, 2023
Joy is always helpful even when when we call her on the phone with questions.
May 15, 2023
Always educates me of my care!
July 6, 2023
Joy is very up beat about all my concerns and explains everything completely.
July 24, 2023
Best provider I've ever seen!
August 31, 2023
Dr. Ryskoski is the absolute best. She takes personal interest in each patient and goes over all test results with you. Love her!
October 21, 2023
Excellent care
October 31, 2023
Joy is very excellent & caring.
November 12, 2023
Very kind, warm, candid & efficient. GOOD LISTENER.
December 4, 2023
I just met for the 1st time Joy Ryskoski. She was great. I would recommend her to anyone.
December 15, 2023
Always friendly and listens to you about symptoms and issues
December 18, 2023
NP Rososki knows her stuff. Strong, confident, well informed. Educated me on my reason for seeing her.
December 20, 2023
Joy is superb...I am most grateful to have Joy. She is most knowledgeable, listens and explains concerns, results and future plans.
January 24, 2024
Joy is fantastic.
November 6, 2023
Good
October 2, 2023
She was incredibly dismissive.
January 10, 2023
I feel she never looked at my prior appointments. I complained of heart symptoms. She listened to my heart sounds and lung sounds through shirt and sweat shirt. Never had me remove any clothing.
January 10, 2023
I feel she never looked at my prior appointments. I complained of heart symptoms. She listened to my heart sounds and lung sounds through shirt and sweat shirt. Never had me remove any clothing.
October 2, 2023
She was incredibly dismissive.
November 6, 2023
Good
March 30, 2023
Joy is always helpful even when when we call her on the phone with questions.
May 15, 2023
Always educates me of my care!
July 6, 2023
Joy is very up beat about all my concerns and explains everything completely.
July 24, 2023
Best provider I've ever seen!
August 31, 2023
Dr. Ryskoski is the absolute best. She takes personal interest in each patient and goes over all test results with you. Love her!
October 21, 2023
Excellent care
October 31, 2023
Joy is very excellent & caring.
November 12, 2023
Very kind, warm, candid & efficient. GOOD LISTENER.
December 4, 2023
I just met for the 1st time Joy Ryskoski. She was great. I would recommend her to anyone.
December 15, 2023
Always friendly and listens to you about symptoms and issues
December 18, 2023
NP Rososki knows her stuff. Strong, confident, well informed. Educated me on my reason for seeing her.
December 20, 2023
Joy is superb...I am most grateful to have Joy. She is most knowledgeable, listens and explains concerns, results and future plans.
January 24, 2024
Joy is fantastic.
January 10, 2023
I feel she never looked at my prior appointments. I complained of heart symptoms. She listened to my heart sounds and lung sounds through shirt and sweat shirt. Never had me remove any clothing.
March 30, 2023
Joy is always helpful even when when we call her on the phone with questions.
May 15, 2023
Always educates me of my care!
July 6, 2023
Joy is very up beat about all my concerns and explains everything completely.
July 24, 2023
Best provider I've ever seen!
August 31, 2023
Dr. Ryskoski is the absolute best. She takes personal interest in each patient and goes over all test results with you. Love her!
October 2, 2023
She was incredibly dismissive.
October 21, 2023
Excellent care
October 31, 2023
Joy is very excellent & caring.
November 6, 2023
Good
November 12, 2023
Very kind, warm, candid & efficient. GOOD LISTENER.
December 4, 2023
I just met for the 1st time Joy Ryskoski. She was great. I would recommend her to anyone.
December 15, 2023
Always friendly and listens to you about symptoms and issues
December 18, 2023
NP Rososki knows her stuff. Strong, confident, well informed. Educated me on my reason for seeing her.
December 20, 2023
Joy is superb...I am most grateful to have Joy. She is most knowledgeable, listens and explains concerns, results and future plans.
January 24, 2024
Joy is fantastic.
January 24, 2024
Joy is fantastic.
December 20, 2023
Joy is superb...I am most grateful to have Joy. She is most knowledgeable, listens and explains concerns, results and future plans.
December 18, 2023
NP Rososki knows her stuff. Strong, confident, well informed. Educated me on my reason for seeing her.
December 15, 2023
Always friendly and listens to you about symptoms and issues
December 4, 2023
I just met for the 1st time Joy Ryskoski. She was great. I would recommend her to anyone.
November 12, 2023
Very kind, warm, candid & efficient. GOOD LISTENER.
November 6, 2023
Good
October 31, 2023
Joy is very excellent & caring.
October 21, 2023
Excellent care
October 2, 2023
She was incredibly dismissive.
August 31, 2023
Dr. Ryskoski is the absolute best. She takes personal interest in each patient and goes over all test results with you. Love her!
July 24, 2023
Best provider I've ever seen!
July 6, 2023
Joy is very up beat about all my concerns and explains everything completely.
May 15, 2023
Always educates me of my care!
March 30, 2023
Joy is always helpful even when when we call her on the phone with questions.
January 10, 2023
I feel she never looked at my prior appointments. I complained of heart symptoms. She listened to my heart sounds and lung sounds through shirt and sweat shirt. Never had me remove any clothing.

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