A mobile clinic experience: nurse practitioners providing care to a rural population

J Pediatr Health Care. 1994 Jan-Feb;8(1):12-7. doi: 10.1016/0891-5245(94)90097-3.

Abstract

Improving access to health care for rural underserved populations is a growing concern. This article reviews the advantages of mobile clinics and describes a collaborative model for a nurse practitioner-operated mobile clinic that has provided cost education, early detection, and referral for low-income, rural populations. Examples of health care provided to a rural population in South Carolina are described. This approach to improving access to health care for underserved populations has implications for nursing practice in other rural areas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Medically Underserved Area
  • Middle Aged
  • Mobile Health Units / organization & administration*
  • Mobile Health Units / statistics & numerical data
  • Nurse Practitioners*
  • Nursing Records
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Rural Health*
  • South Carolina