Well­ness Cen­ter in Search of New Nurse Prac­ti­tioner

MISHAWAKA—As of Feb­ru­ary 27, 2019, the nurse prac­ti­tioner for our Well­ness Cen­ter, Stephanie Gon­za­lez, re­signed in pur­suit of other things. 

“Stephanie Gon­za­les and her fam­ily have re­lo­cated to the Florida area to pur­sue a new po­si­tion there. While we are sad to see her leave, we are grate­ful for her time here.” Said Robin Dykes, the Well­ness Cen­ter Of­fice Man­ager, “We wish Stephanie and her fam­ily all the best dur­ing this tran­si­tion. We were sim­ply blessed to have the prac­ti­tioner for a year be­cause Stephanie hap­pened to have the train­ing and was will­ing to serve in such a ca­pac­ity.”

A nurse prac­ti­tion­er’s re­spon­si­bil­i­ties in­clude that of pro­mot­ing health and well­ness to stu­dents. Specif­i­cally, this means as­sess­ing, di­ag­nos­ing, and treat­ing stu­dents on cam­pus. The hope is to se­cure a new nurse prac­ti­tioner by the end of this year, but un­til then, there will be a reg­is­tered nurse fill­ing in as nurse prac­ti­tioner through the month of March. 

She will be on cam­pus from 9:30 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. on Tues­days and Thurs­days. The reg­is­tered nurse will pos­sess all the ca­pa­bil­i­ties of a nurse prac­ti­tioner and will rec­om­mend over the counter treat­ments while also pro­vid­ing guid­ance to stu­dents on when they should seek a higher level of med­ical care. The nurse vis­its are free, but there is a small cash fee for cer­tain tests used to rule out symp­toms of spe­cific ill­nesses.