Institute for Urban Health Partnerships: Service
The UWM Academic Community Nursing Centers
Overview
The UWM College of Nursing currently operates three academic
community nursing centers in the greater Milwaukee area. These
centers offer the ability to integrate the multiple missions
of an urban university through outstanding opportunities for:
- Student learning
- Faculty practice
- Research and
- Community service
The UWM Academic Community Nursing Centers are housed in,
and operate in partnership with, community-based social service
organizations in underserved, ethnically diverse, economically
disadvantaged communities. A team of master’s prepared
nurse clinicians, faculty and community health nurses provide
a range of health services including health promotion and health
education activities to primary care services. Each year thousands
of underserved clients participate in community nursing center
sponsored health screenings, assessments, referrals and case
management activities.
In 1979, with funding from the Patrick and Anna M. Cudahay
Fund, the UWM School of Nursing opened one of the nation’s
first academic nursing centers, which provided a range of health
services to the greater Milwaukee community. An academic nursing
center is an organization where clients receive care that is
delivered and managed entirely by nurses and provides learning
opportunities for future health professionals. Care is holistic,
client-centered, and focused on health promotion and disease
prevention.
The overall mission of the UWM Academic Nursing Centers is
to increase access to affordable primary health care for the
working poor and uninsured, to provide outreach services to
high risk populations and to educate nursing students in community-based
primary care including:
- Case Management
- Clinical and Health Services
- Health Promotion
- Group Counseling
- Community Outreach and Health Education
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