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Seaforth trust paying wages.
until FHT approved
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"We think nurse practition-
ers are going to become a
scarce commodity like doctors
and when
we heard
she was
available,
we said, 'Get
her.'" said
trust chair
Joe Steffler
on Monday.
"We're
hoping the
FHT will be
approved so
we'll chance
it," he said.
Steffler
said the
trust heard
that every-
one was
An ad, similar to one that
ran a year ago, will soon be
published asking orphan
patients to respond.
"We want to get a much bet-
ter feel of the num-
bers and
kinds of
orphans,"
said
Cate Verberne
Laviolette.
H e
said he's.
hoping the
province
will reim-
burse the
trust once
the FHT is
approved.
Laviolette
estimated
that there
are about
• 1,000 orphan patients
in the eastern part of
Huron County that
could be served by
the Seaforth FHT.
Nurse practitioners
have more responsi-
bility and more pow-
ers than reg -
pointed out i s t e r e d
how much the
Seaforth trust
has con-
tributed
towards
healthcare in
Seaforth, from .
erecting the
Community
Care Access
Centre build-
ing to invest-
ing $150,000
in the
Healthkick
project and
recently
agreeing to
pay rent on a
classroom on Main
Street for the registered prac-
tical nurse program.
"Everything we've done in
the last three years has been
to do with health, basically to
make our hospital more
viable," said Steffler.
Verberne will be working
out of the Healthkick office
on Main Street and the
Brussels medical building,
determining the number of
orphan patients in the area
and assessing which ones
have the most urgent need for
medical care.
impressed by Verberne dur-
ing her internship last year.
"The trust isn't going to get
into the business of employ-
ing people but we feel this is
well within our mandate.
There are a lot of orphans
here in Seaforth," he said.
Steffler
'We think nurse
practitioners
are going to
become scarce
commodities
like doctors
and when we
heard she was
available, we
said, 'Get her,"
Seaforth trust chair
Joe Steffler
nurses.
While
Verberne
will not be
doing
physical
assess-
ment or
treatment
until the
FHT is up
and run -
n i n g ,
nurse
practition-
ers can
perform
complete
_} physical
exams, do
routine screening,
order lab tests, x-rays
and ultrasounds,
diagnose conditions
and common illnesses
such as sore throats,
ear infections and
urinary tract infec-
tions, and prescribe a
list of medications
including birth con-
trol pills and antibi-
otics.
They can also do
well baby assess-
ments, immunization,
pre -natal care for
mothers without risk factors
and help to manage condi-
tions that have already been
diagnosed such as hyperten-
sion, diabetes and high cho-
lesterol.
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