CSC recognizes Chadron health care professionals
Chadron State College on Tuesday recognized Chadron health professionals for their role in the student clinic’s first full year. CSC President Janie Park and Ann Dockweiler, CSC nurse, awarded plaques to Chadron Community Hospital Administrator Harold Krueger, physician’s assistants Mike Westerbuhr, Mary Moody and Heidi Wess, and Nichole Pourier, nurse practitioner.
"It is a great thing for our students to have access to this kind of health care," Dockweiler said. "The PAs do such a wonderful job and the hospital staff has been great to work with."
Dockweiler said more than 1,000 student visits have been made to the clinic, which allows those enrolled at CSC to consult Chadron health professionals without being billed. She noted that feedback from the students has been overwhelmingly positive in the program’s first three semesters.
Dockweiler said the clinic typically serves an average of four or five students each day, with Tuesday through Thursday being the busiest days.
The student clinic is located in the basement of Chadron Community Hospital at 821 Morehead Street from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. each weekday during the fall and spring semesters.
The clinic is staffed by Dockweiler and a physician’s assistant or nurse practitioner from the hospital. While the visit is free to the students, the cost of x-rays, laboratory work and medication is the students’ responsibility. Appointments are made through Dockweiler’s office at the college.
Krueger and Westerbuhr, who represented the hospital staff during Tuesday’s recognition lunch, praised the program.
"Through this program, we have been able to serve a group that we haven't seen in the past -- those short on money," Westerbuhr said.
The program is funded with revenue generated from the student health fee.
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