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	Vol.7, No 35, October 28, 1999
	Nursing department to take over O.C. clinic By Jose Corado Daily Forty-Niner Students and professors in the nursing department at Cal State Long Beach will have a chance to put theory into practice when the department takes control of a health care clinic in Santa Ana. Nursing department officials have made arrangements with the city government to take over the operation of the Casa de Salud Family Health Clinic.  Casa de Salud is aimed at providing low-cost primary health care to individuals with limited access to care. Students and faculty in the nursing department will be able to take their classroom lessons to the examination room. "We have to make sure all our students and faculty are clinically competent," said Christine Talmadge, director of the department of nursing. "It [the clinic] serves the purpose for our students and faculty to practice and it also opens the door for research." The law requires nurse practitioner students to complete a minimum of 579 clinical hours to earn certification. Faculty members are required also to complete clinical hours to keep their certification. The Orange County Board of Supervisors approved the plan to let the nursing department take control of the clinic after the former tenants closed the clinic without notice, leaving hundreds of patients without health care. The nursing department will be taking over operation as soon as the university completes some of its licensing arrangements and other paper work. "This arrangement will hopefully be forever," said Sonja Cahill, who is the coordinator of the university's family nurse practitioner program and will be the clinic's nurse practitioner. "The problem is going to be monetary funds." The county has already shown support by giving $100,000 to help with the start-up costs. The nursing program has also received an additional $100,000 from two other partners ? Cal Optima and Kaiser Permanente. The clinic will charge patients a low fee for services, but no one will be denied service if unable to pay, Cahill said. She also said this is a community where many people do not have access to health care, so this is good for residents of Orange County.		Volunteer service stressed at fair   Students bring life to 'Day of the Dead' on campus   Chemical alarms officials   CSULB science professors awarded research grant   Nursing department to take over O.C. clinic   CSULB mentors help create difference   L.B. teacher inspires students, wins award   Long Beach Airport to offer flights to Las Vegas Gray strikes out   Faculty unions help all employees   Deaf drivers should not lose privilege to drive Alumna creates old-style treats   Scary tales drift through campus   Video picks feature 'Halloween'   Movie pleases despite problems Volleyball team welcomes foes behind orange curtain   Runners hope to advance past conference finals   One coach's loss creates another's opportunity   Soccer team's last hurrah Fall 99 ISSUES DAILY 49ER HOMEPAGE
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