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Bringing
You A New Concept in Adolescent Health Care
Services
In
September 1999, a task group formed to look
at the delivery of health services to Rideau
District High School students. The partners
in this project were the Country Roads
Community Health Centre (CHC) , the high
school (RDHS) and the Leeds, Grenville and
Lanark Health Unit (LG&LDHU). The
purpose of this new clinic was to offer
students easy access to a full range of
health services. This new concept was
possible as both the CHC and LG&LDHU had
embraced the use of Nurse Practitioners in
their settings. The Nurse Practitioner (NP)
is able to diagnose, investigate and treat
many common illnesses. She is trained to
care for those who have chronic illnesses
and those healthy individuals seeking care
and treatment for acute illness and sexual
health issues. The clinic opened in February
2000, and was evaluated at the end of the
school year. As a result of the evaluation,
the duration of the clinic was increased
from 4 hours/week to eight and two
additional partners were brought into the
clinic setting, an additional NP from the
Seeley's Bay Medical Centre and a mental
health worker from Children's and
Adolescents' Mental Health Services. As this
clinic came into being because of an
expressed need by the high school community,
the clinic services are constantly being
evaluated to ensure that the clinic
continues to adapt to the changing needs of
this population. |
The
purpose of this new clinic was to offer
students easy access to a full range of
health services.
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