Low cost physical examinations and health appraisals for well adults and children from Sonoma County are available through the SSU Nursing Department's Family Nurse Practitioner Program.
The SSU Family Nurse Practitioner Health Maintenance Center offers these exams on Wednesdays beginning March 14 and continuing through May 16.
The exams are supervised by nursing faculty and performed by family nurse practitioner students who are registered nurses enrolled in the Master's nursing program. Services include a complete medical and health history, identification of health risk factors, complete physical examinations and screening tests such as blood pressure checks, vision testing, audiology testing, urinalysis, hematocrit (for anemia), cholesterol testing, and Pap smears for cervical cancer.
These services can be utilized for annual exams, sports physicals, pre-employment physicals, camp physicals and Class II DMV licensing physicals.
The cost of a physical examination is $30, Pap test $45, cholesterol check $25, hearing tests are free and a DMV physical examination is $60. Copies of records are given to clients upon request as well as mailed to private physicians or agencies.
Appointments may be made by calling the Nursing Department at (707) 664-2466, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
For more information contact Ana Munoz, Administrative Coordinator for the Department of Nursing, at (707) 664-2466.
