Winter 2012 - The University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Clinical Care
UTHSC College of Nursing
Practice Enterprise and Faculty Practices
The College of Nursing practice model
supports the clinical mission of the
University and contributes positively
toward integration of the additional
missions of teaching, research, and
service. Many nursing faculty are
engaged in the practice model, and
the CON provides the infrastructure
to faculty in achieving practice goals.
Clinical practice sites staffed by
faculty provide a variety of care
services to individuals, families and
communities, and focus on areas such
as primary care, behavioral health,
acute care, occupational health, and
women’s health through the roles of clinician, educator, researcher, consultant, and administrator. Engaging in practice
provides the framework for faculty to serve as expert role models in the delivery of quality care and achieving health
outcomes, integrate innovative models of care into diverse practice environments, and provide leadership throughout the
health care system. Additionally, directly being involved in providing care allows the opportunity for faculty to maintain and
enhance their knowledge and skills and insure ongoing expertise in their area of practice.
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Community Partnerships Managed Partnerships
• The Boling Center
• Comprehensive Primary Care
• East Arkansas Children’s Clinic
• Methodist Emergency Physicians
• Methodist University Hospital
• Memphis Ob-Gyn Associates
• Unity Hospice
• UTMG Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Well Child, Inc.
• Dorothy L. Bobbitt
Health Station at the Memphis
International Airport
• Consolidated Steel, Inc.
• Methodist Teaching Practice
Health Station at Memphis International
Airport Managed by College of Nursing
Dr. Peg Thorman Hartig, professor and department chair, Primary Care
and Public Health, is director of the Airport Health Station at Memphis
International Airport. She has been involved with the Health Station
practice since the College of Nursing assumed management in July,
2003. Health Station staff provide care through an average of 2000
patient visits a year. While originally established with a focus on the
traveling public (and passengers are still seen on a regular basis), the
emphasis on employee health is the reason for many visits, addressing
a variety of health monitoring and screening activities. Health education
is provided on an individualized basis and in a monthly newsletter
column to all Airport Authority employees. Two annual health fairs,
sponsored by the Health Station and the Memphis-Shelby County
Airport Authority, are held each year and are attended by employees and
the public. Employee visits address chronic illness (high blood pressure
and diabetes are a common focus), acute trauma (lacerations, asthma
exacerbation and injuries) and health promotion (allergy shots,weight
loss and maintenance, and questions about navigating the health care
system). Passengers often are seen with acute needs (stroke, chest pain,
post fall and other issues related to chronic illness, such as forgetting
insulin in a checked bag or breaking a bottle of liquid medicine). Dr.
Karen Olson, professor/CON, provides additional nurse practitioner
responsibilities. Ms. Arabella Mitchell Bruce, MSN, RN serves as the
full-time nurse and patient educator for the Health Station.