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College of Nursing opens health center for our neighbors

Within the first few months of operation, the Marquette Neighborhood Health Center staff served 2,000 adults and children with health care needs, or an average of 20 clients per day.

Aches and sniffles have a new enemy at the corner of 19th Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The College of Nursing recently opened the Marquette Neighborhood Health Center to serve children, adults and families while providing clinical experience for faculty-supervised graduate and undergraduate nursing students.

“We know there are significant health care needs in our immediate Marquette neighborhood,” says Margaret Berner, M.S.N., C.N.M., A.P.N.P. and nurse manager of the health center. “From children who need school physicals, adults with chronic conditions like diabetes or even Marquette employees with sinus infections, we are a front-line resource for those around us.”

Nurse practitioners on staff provide a wide range of primary health care
services with a focus on yearly checkups, well-child care, immunizations, screenings, laboratory tests and management of chronic illnesses. Nurse practitioners are advanced practice nurses who are licensed to prescribe medications.

	• College of Nursing
	• Marquette Neighborhood Health Center