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?