Healthcare in the Shadows

How Nurses Fill Gaps in Healthcare

Larry Combest Community Health & Wellness Center in Lubbock, TX

With their mission to reduce or eliminate health disparities among high risk populations, the Texas Tech School of Nursing faculty have created a mosaic of healthcare related services offered to thousands of patients and families in this Western High Plains region.  The Larry Combest Center opened in 2009 with major support from Texas Tech University...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, May 25th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Larry Combest Community Health & Wellness Center in Lubbock, TX


Vine School Health Center in Knoxville

It’s been a long journey from the first day of operation back in 1996. The Vine School Health Center was then just a curtained alcove near the bathroom in the teachers’ lounge.  Privacy and space were at a premium but at long last the low income children who attended school there had access to primary care and health...... KEEP READING

Posted on Wednesday, May 20th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Vine School Health Center in Knoxville


Archer Family Health Care

Archer, Florida is a sleepy little town some 15 miles from Gainesville.  There’s one red light and one gas station and many of the streets remain unpaved North Florida dirt since the town’s founding in 1850.  The University of Florida College of Nursing (CON) has been working for more than 40 years in the Archer...... KEEP READING

Posted on Wednesday, April 29th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on Archer Family Health Care


St. Mary’s Health Center in Savannah

Arising from humble beginnings, St. Mary’s Health Center is a beacon of hope for adults with no health insurance in Chatham County, GA (Savannah).  This free clinic began as a community outreach in 2004 in the Cuyler-Brownville neighborhood with two volunteer nurse practitioners from Armstrong State University and one community physician volunteer. Twice a week...... KEEP READING

Posted on Monday, April 13th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on St. Mary’s Health Center in Savannah


The Clinic at Mercury Courts

The paint on the red door is chipped and the flower boxes no longer hold even artificial flowers but don’t let the outside appearance fool you.  Inside this small brick structure located at the street entrance of a 50 year old motel converted into transitional housing units, something special is happening.  Today, E. came screaming...... KEEP READING

Posted on Saturday, April 4th, 2015 in News | Comments Off on The Clinic at Mercury Courts


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