Medical University of South Carolina
College of Nursing
ECMO, surgery, and cardiology. Staffed by an interprofessional team, the neonatal nurseries include neonatal nurse practitioners, neonatal nurses, neonatologists, PharmDs, nutritionists, social workers and a continuum of care manager MUSC CON Partners in HealthCare/East Cooper Community Outreach (ECCO) College of Nursing, in collaboration with East Cooper Community Outreach (ECCO), opened Partners in HealthCare in March 2013, a nurse practitioner practice that focuses on the management of uninsured patients with diabetes, hypertension, and associated conditions of hyperlipidemia, obesity, and tobacco usage. ECCO, a non-profit, community service organization, serves more than 4,500 Berkeley and Charleston county families who are living in poverty. This new initiative is a collaboration between MUSC’s College of Nursing, ECCO, MUSC Department of Family Medicine, as well as Roper St. Francis Healthcare. Partners in HealthCare is staffed by three faculty nurse practitioners, Cathy Durham, DNP, APRN, FNPC; Terri Fowler, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, and Whitney Smith, MSN, APRN, ANP-C. In addition to providing patient care, the nurse practitioners precepted (4) DNP students, (20) BSN students and provided health care services to (248) patients. Shannon Smith, DNP, RN, ACNS-BC, CGRN, provides patient care coordination and Deborah Williamson, DHA, MSN, RN, provides support for clinic development and management of the integration of Accelerated BSN students. MUSC Hollings Cancer Mobile Health Unit Catherine O. Durham, DNP, FNP-BC, provides cancer-screening services (breast exams, pap smears, skin, prostate screenings) to patients on the Hollings Cancer Center’s Mobile Health Unit. She saw 240 patients in rural and inner city communities. She performed 200 cervical cancer screenings and/or pelvic exams and 240 breast exams during the academic year 20132014. She provided 8 DNP students (FA13/SP14/SU14) with clinical experiences on the van. MUSC Women’s Services Sharon Bond PhD, CNM, FACNM and Lee Horton, PhD, CNM are regularly scheduled providers at MUSC Women’s Health Faculty Practice. This practice targets women having normal and moderate risk pregnancies and all types of gynecologic care. Medicaid and private insurances are accepted. Collaborating with the MUSC physicians practicing in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, the certified nurse-midwives provide a full range of services including prenatal, gynecologic and care for women with abnormal Pap tests. Women seeking care at MUSC Women’s Health Faculty Practice at 135 Cannon Street range in age from adolescent to post-menopausal years. This past academic year, Dr. Bond had 1,200 patient encounters at MUSC’s Women’s Health Faculty Practice. Lee Horton, PhD, CNM participated as clinical faculty for the NURSU 417 Women’s Health course for 80 Accelerated BSN students. She also contributed to 2 DNP immersions, 2 PhD students and 59 DNP students’ advocacy excursion to Washington DC as "real time" application and a formal learning experience for NURSM 708 Advanced Health Policy and Advocacy course (a course which she was primary coordinator). The Women's Health practice at 135 Cannon Place reports Dr. Horton has 350 documented outpatient encounters noted, as well as assisting with one birth per month for a total of 12 births for the 2013-2014 academic year.
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