September 1, 2004
WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing to Open People’s Clinic in Yakima
Yakima, Wash. –The Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing in Yakima will open the People’s Clinic Yakima in the Deccio Building on the Yakima Valley Community College Campus Sept. 7 to serve the health care needs of students from WSU, YVCC and Central Washington University.
People’s Clinic Yakima will provide student health services for all students who are registered for classes through WSU, YVCC and CWU. Services may include acute or “sick call” care, school or sports physicals, immunizations, male and female exams, physical assessments and selective on-site lab testing. Complex cases or advanced testing will be referred to three community clinics for physician follow-up if necessary.
WSU students will have no co-payment as they pay a student health fee as part of their basic student fee structure. CWU students and YVCC students, faculty and staff will pay a $20 fee for a basic office visit. The clinic will be open from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Appointments are recommended and walk-ins are accepted. Call (509) 494-7921 for appointments.
“The new People’s Clinic Yakima will be a welcomed addition to the campus for students needing basic health care services,” said Laura Hahn, WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing Central Washington coordinator. “There has not previously been a clinic to address the student health care needs of these three college campuses. The nearest CWU student health services are located on the main CWU campus in Ellensburg, roughly 38 miles from Yakima. The new clinic in the Deccio Building will provide convenient, consistent, high quality and confidential health care services for these college students.”
The clinic will be staffed by Family Nurse Practitioners
with assistance from graduate students (who are
Registered Nurses) and pharmacy students from the WSU
Yakima campus.
The WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing is committed
to making health care accessible for those who need it
most. Traditional, mobile and satellite clinics provide
health care and related services to those in the
communities where the college has faculty and students
providing outreach services.
People’s Clinic Yakima will be the fourth health care clinic operated by the WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing. The other three clinics are located in Spokane, Wash. These nurse-managed community health care outreach efforts were established in Spokane in 1999. They are made possible through federal grants, corporate and individual donors, foundations, college and university allocations, student fees and essential community collaborations.
Established in 1968, the Washington State University Intercollegiate College of Nursing is the nation's first, oldest and most comprehensive nursing education consortium. Celebrating 35 years of world class nursing education, the WSU Intercollegiate College of Nursing offers baccalaureate, graduate and professional development course work to nursing students enrolled through its four consortium partners: Eastern Washington University, Gonzaga University, WSU and Whitworth College. Each year the college educates approximately 700 graduate and upper-division undergraduate students and prepares more entry-level nurses than any other state educational institution. For more information about the College of Nursing visit the Web site at nursing.wsu.edu.