A ribbon chopping for the brand new NKN Pupil Well being & Wellness Middle took place Tuesday, Nov. 2. Members from the neighborhood attended the ceremony and tour of the brand new middle. Rachel Lee, Neah-Kah-Nie Excessive College scholar and consultant of the NKN Pupil Well being & Wellness Group Advisory Committee, minimize the ribbon.
The well being and wellness middle is a collaborative effort between Neah-Kah-Nie College District, Rinehart Clinic & Pharmacy and Oregon Well being Authority.
Gail Nelson, Rinehart Clinic & Pharmacy CEO, stated the middle would serve the youngsters of the neighborhood, in addition to faculty workers. The middle had been within the planning phases for greater than two years, with a planning grant from the Oregon Well being Authority’s College Primarily based Well being Middle program. Rinehart Clinic was chosen because the medical sponsor and can workers and function the middle.
“Further funding from the Oregon Well being Authority and the Well being Sources and Companies Administration have continued to assist us transfer this ahead,” Nelson stated.
NKN Pupil Well being & Wellness Middle is open to all kids pre-Okay by twelfth grade who dwell inside the Neah-Kah-Nie College District. The middle may also present providers to any faculty workers members who want to search care. The middle is open two days every week for now, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and plans to increase its hours if wanted.
Two of Rinehart Clinic’s major care suppliers will workers the middle. Household nurse practitioner Caitlin Simons would be the major supplier. Household nurse practitioner Leanna Coy, the medical director for the middle, may also see sufferers often.
Simons stated the primary purpose of the well being middle is to create a wholesome and glad faculty district. The middle will present a variety of providers, together with psychological well being, vaccinations, reproductive care and extra.
“We may also do take care of diseases and accidents,” Simons stated. “Actually, we’ll have the ability to present any care a scholar would possibly want.”
The middle has 5 totally different rooms, together with a ready room, a restroom, a lab, an examination room and an workplace, Neah-Kah-Nie College District Superintendent Paul Erlebach stated.
Erlebach stated plenty of thought went into the place the district needed to put the middle. They needed it to be in a location seen to all college students. The middle is situated on the north facet of Neah-Kah-Nie Excessive College.
“It’s virtually like opening a brand new faculty,” Erlebach stated. “We needed to create a web site, we created a brand.”
Group sponsors embody the Mudd Nick Basis, the Oregon Well being Authority’s College-Primarily based Well being Middle Program staff, Tillamook Household Counseling Middle, Tillamook County Group Well being Facilities, First Pupil, and the Columbia Pacific Coordinated Care Group.
