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Office for Community Partnerships
UM Nursing Practice Network
Faculty Practice Plan
Faculty Practice Plan Participants
Nurse Managed Centers
School Based Clinics
Other Faculty Practices
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Clinical Practice & Partnerships
Why Choose a Nurse Practitioner?
Compassionate Care
Our Nurse Practitioners provide individualized care,focusing on not only your health problems, but your worries and concerns about your health and health care.
Our Nurse Practitioners explain the details of health problems, medication and other topics to help you fully understand how to take care of yourself and your family.
Care Centered Around You
Our average wait time is less than 20 minutes.
90% of sick callers to Nurse Managed Centers are seen within 48 hours (sick children first).
Based on annual patient satisfaction surveys, where 1=very dissatisfied and 4=very satisfied, patients rated Nurse Managed Centers 3.9 for overall quality of care. For more from our patient surveys, visit What Our Patients Say.
Our clinics are open 5 days a week with evening hours. Available on-call after hours. Complete location hours and info.
Holistic Health Care
Our Nurse Practitioners emphasize wellness and self-care by providing information you need to make healthy lifestyle choices and health care decisions.
Our Nurse Practitioners support your use of complementary and alternative therapies.
Our Nurse Practitioners treat the whole person, not just symptoms.
Effective Care
According to a study by the Michigan Academic Consortium, Nurse Managed Centers exceed the national benchmark for effective treatment of asthma, hypertension and diabetes mellitus. [Hypertension blood pressure control national benchmark: 50%; Nurse Managed Centers: 71.9% (2000 & 2001). Optimal asthma medication management national benchmark: 65%; Nurse Managed Centers: 93% (2000). Diabetes Mellitus control considered “very effective” (2001). Michigan Academic Consortium: 734-936-3631, www.nnnmhc.org]
Expert Professional Care
Our Nurse Practitioners:
• are Faculty at the University of Michigan’s School of Nursing.
• hold Master’s Degrees or higher and have been practicing for many years.
• are Nationally Certified in their specialty of Family Practice, Adult Practice or Nurse-Midwife.
• can provide prescriptions and treat acute and chronic health problems.
• collaborate with and refer patients to physicians and specialists throughout the University of Michigan Medical System.
According to a Gallup Poll, Nurses are America’s most trusted profession. (Moore, David. Dec. 7, 2004. www.gallup.com)
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Why Choose a Nurse Practitioner?
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To learn more about UM School of Nursing Nurse Managed Centers, visit www.nurse-practitioners.org
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