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Campus Health Clinic adds day to summer schedule

Friday, May 9, 2014

Southeast Campus Health clinic located on Southeast Missouri State University's campus in Crisp Hall 101 will be adding Wednesday to their normal summer days to better accommodate students, staff and faculty with increased flexibility in scheduling.

Traditionally, the campus health clinic has operated from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the summer. Starting Monday, May 19, the clinic hours will be set at 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The summer hours and days will last until Monday, Aug. 18, when the normal school hours of Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. will be put back into place.

"This year because they had an increase in enrollment for summer school plus we're doing more TB [tuberculosis] testing, it expanded," Cheri Huckstep Reed of the campus health clinic said.

According to Huckstep Reed, in October 2013 nurse practitioners and nurses together saw 760 patients. In June 2013, nurse practitioners and nurses saw 46 patients for the month, which is part of the reason the campus health clinic is open for fewer hours in the summer.

"Nothing changes during the summer, but as you can see by those numbers, things get a lot slower," Huckstep Reed said.

According to the Campus Health Clinic's information sheet, its services include registered nurses being able to provide a variety of tests for students.

Nurses provide walk-in health care for students ... nurses may perform TB skin test, urine pregnancy tests and laboratory work. Family Nurse Practitioners perform allergy shots, treatment for illnesses/injuries, infections, STD's, depression, sprains and strains, and well-women exams.

The number of faculty that will work during the summer will be decreased compared to during the school year. During normal business hours, two nurse practitioners work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, while one nurse practitioner works Thursday and Friday. Two nurses are available all days of the week.

"It's very slow here during the summer," Huckstep Reed said. "And so it will be one nurse practitioner and one nurse."

Although the days and hours of operation at the Campus Health Clinic are reduced during the summer, the facility will function just as it does during the school year.

"Were doing everything just as we've always done, the same testing and everything," Huckstep Reed said.

With the added day to the summer schedule, extra time for planning educational presentations like First Step is now available.

"Some of the time we will catch up on projects. Things that we do throughout the year, a lot of education, a lot of events with the university," Huckstep Reed said. "That's the time of the year that we do plan for those activities because when it gets busy in here it's hard to plan them."

Some students who will be staying on campus during the summer are delighted that the campus health clinic has decided to add a day to better accommodate them.

"Since I will be working on campus this summer, I find the clinic summer hours to be very beneficial and convenient to both myself and the people I will be working with," Vandiver Hall resident assistant Bree Armer said. "I think it is absolutely fantastic, good for them."

For more information on the services offered by the Campus Health Clinic, visit the clinic in Crisp Hall 101, or visit its web page by visiting sehealth.org and search for "campus health clinic." Information pertaining to billing at the Campus Health Clinic can also be found on its webpage.

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