Nurse practitioners and registered nurses from across the United States will converge on the nation’s capitol to celebrate National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week, October 3-9, 2010. Tine Hansen-Turton, Chief Executive Officer of National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC), will address a gathering of invited guests including senators, NNCC staff, and a delegation of nurse leaders from across the country.
National Nurse-Managed Health Clinic Week will provide a national forum from which to promote the services offered by the 250 nurse-managed health clinics in the United States. Nurse-managed health clinics serve as crucial health care access points for vulnerable and underserved patients in diverse rural, urban and suburban communities throughout the country. These sites are led by advanced practice nurses who provide primary care, health promotion and disease prevention services to patients least likely to receive ongoing health care services.
“National Nurse Managed Health Clinic Week celebrates the work of nurse-managed health clinics operating in the United States. It also highlights the need for policymakers to appropriate the $50 million to the new nurse-managed health clinic funding program that was authorized by the Affordable Care Act,” says Hansen-Turton.
More than 85 of the nation’s leading nursing schools operate nurse-managed health clinics, enhancing learning and practice opportunities for nursing students and faculty. A week of scheduled activities celebrating nurses and nurse-managed health clinics will follow the October 4 kick-off event.
