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Orange County to get first nurse-managed medical facility
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Orange County to get first nurse-managed medical facility
Orange County to get first nurse-managed medical facility
UC Irvine has landed a federal grant to help pay for Orange County's first nurse-managed medical clinic. Santa Ana charter school El Sol Science and Arts Academy and the non-profit Share Our Selves will operate the clinic with UCI’s nursing program.
The academy for preschool through 8th grade students already maintains a clinic for basic health education and referrals. The Irvine nurses-in-training will offer free medical treatment and health screenings to students and their families, many of whom don’t carry health insurance.
The clinic’s director says UC Irvine nursing students will be able to work in a setting that’ll reflect the future of medicine. That’s because federal healthcare reform will shift preventive and other forms of treatment from hospitals to smaller neighborhood clinics like the one at the Santa Ana charter school.
The $1.5 million federal grant to support that clinic will continue for five years after it opens in January 2012.
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