Faculty Practice - Senior Health Care

Senior Health Promotion Center Lincoln, Nebraska

Providing nursing services to older adults.

 Sponsors are:

  • UNMC College of Nursing
  • Nebraska Health Care Cash Fund
  • Lincoln Area Agency on Aging, Aging Services, Lifetime Health

The Senior Health Promotion Center is staffed every Thursday by students of the College of Nursing to receive real life community health nursing experiences as part of a course instructed by  Rita Antonson, RN, MSN, GNP. The services provided in the clinic are:

  • Foot Care
  • Ear Wax Removal
  • Blood Glucose Screenings
  • Cholesterol Screenings
  • Blood Pressure Screenings
  • Health Promotion Education

For those patients who need it, transportation is provided free of charge.

Annually, the College of Nursing holds a flu shot clinic at the Senior Center. Students have the opportunity to expand their nursing skills while providing elderly patients with flu shots, pneumonia vaccines, and prevention services.

 

Another of the services provided at the center is foot care, which is much needed by the elderly.