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Nursing clinic to offer affordable healthcare
Office visits will be $15 at four day per week clinic.
By Sonya Harvey
Issue date: 10/26/07 Section: Pulse
Originally published: 10/25/07 at 6:55 PM CSTLast update: 10/25/07 at 8:12 PM CST
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Healthcare isn't cheap, especially for struggling college students, but the financial burden may be lightened thanks to a new clinic that is opening on this campus.
An Advanced Practice Nurse Clinic will open Monday in Room 213 of the nursing education building for students, faculty and staff, and services will be offered four days a week.
"We wanted to provide a service that would be an alternative to the high costs of medical care," nursing Instructor Stephanie Rethaber said.
The clinic will provide health promotion and education, as well as offer acute women's and mental health care provided by advanced nursing faculty.
Prescriptions, lab tests and immunizations will cost extra, but initial office visits will cost $15, which will treat minor illnesses, such as colds, sore throats, allergies, headaches, urinary tract infections and rashes.
The clinic visits will require an appointment that can be set up in the clinic, and students, faculty and staff must pay for the appointment in advance at the bursar's office and return the receipt to the clinic before services can be administered.
The clinic will be operated by paid nursing faculty who have received a master's degree and have advanced training in nursing.
The oversight physician will be Dr. Joseph D. Gonzalez, who is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
The clinic will be open 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday.
People without health insurance can receive low-cost healthcare services there, too.
An Advanced Practice Nurse Clinic will open Monday in Room 213 of the nursing education building for students, faculty and staff, and services will be offered four days a week.
"We wanted to provide a service that would be an alternative to the high costs of medical care," nursing Instructor Stephanie Rethaber said.
The clinic will provide health promotion and education, as well as offer acute women's and mental health care provided by advanced nursing faculty.
Prescriptions, lab tests and immunizations will cost extra, but initial office visits will cost $15, which will treat minor illnesses, such as colds, sore throats, allergies, headaches, urinary tract infections and rashes.
The clinic visits will require an appointment that can be set up in the clinic, and students, faculty and staff must pay for the appointment in advance at the bursar's office and return the receipt to the clinic before services can be administered.
The clinic will be operated by paid nursing faculty who have received a master's degree and have advanced training in nursing.
The oversight physician will be Dr. Joseph D. Gonzalez, who is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
The clinic will be open 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Monday, 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday and 4 p.m.-7 p.m. Thursday.
People without health insurance can receive low-cost healthcare services there, too.
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