old and new health center
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Old vs. new health center
What are the differences?
What were the functions of the old health center?
• Dispensing over the counter medications, feminine products and condoms
• Bandaging cuts
• Advising to see an off campus doctor for treatment of an illness
• Giving Flu immunization
• Giving urine pregnancy test
• Personnel in the health center was Register Nurse
What are the functions of the new health center?
• Student health center is staffed with Nurse Practitioner who diagnoses, treats, writes prescriptions. Functions of Nurse Practitioner are the same as a doctor.
What are the functions of the new health center?
• Treatment of injures, sprains or strains
• Suturing lacerations that are below skin
What are the functions of the new health center?
• Annual physical exams and woman annual exam with pap smear
What are the functions of the new health center?
• Laboratory tests of blood, urine, STD, strep throat, mono and other tests
• and other body fluids
What are the functions of the new health center?
• Dispensing medications that are given with prescription in a pharmacy such as Z-pack, Tamiflu, Cipro, Bactrim, Keflex, Silvadene, Toradol injection, Yaz, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Robitussin
What are the functions of the new health center?
• Immunizations
1. Flu shot
2. Tdap
3. Meningococcal
4. Varicella
5. MMR
6. Polio
Equipment needed to make this happen
• Needed equipment:
Exam table
• Needed equipment:
EKG Machine
• Needed equipment
Defibrillator
• Needed equipment
Suture light
• Needed equipment
Portable Monitor
• Needed equipment
Scale
• Needed equipment
• splints
• Needed equipment
Electronic Medical Records
Questions?
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