Michelle VandeBerg
All Saints School Health Promotion Center Coordinator
319-363-4110 ext 229
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HEALTH PROMOTION CENTER WILL BE CLOSED AFTER MAY 19th.

Health Promotion through Collaboration

Our Health Promotion Center is a unique collaboration between Mercy Medical Center, Mount Mercy College's Department of Nursing, and All Saints Elementary, Regis Middle, and Xavier High Schools. The Health Promotion Centers are a first such program in Iowa. The purposes of the Centers include health education, illness management, health screenings and health-promotion activities at the three schools. The Centers are funded primarily by Mercy Medical Center and Mount Mercy College.

The goals of the Health Promotion Centers are:

• Emphasize health promotion
• Meet health needs of the students
• Provide community-based clinical experience in a school setting for Mount Mercy College nursing students
• Expand Mercy Medical Center's commitment to community-based outreach programs

A Nurse Practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse with a master's degree in nursing. The NP at the Health Promotion Center works with your child's primary-care provider, including physicians and other health-care professionals, to enhance your family health-care provider's care.

A NP may:

• Assess, diagnose and prescribe for childhood and adolescent illnesses
• Perform assessments
• Coordinate care of common chronic illnesses
• Help families meet their health-care needs
• Refer to community health-care providers as necessary

Health Promotion Centers provide the following laboratory testing:

• Rapid strep testing
• Throat cultures for strep
• Preliminary testing for urinary tract infections
• Hemoglobin testing
• Mono testing
• Blood-glucose monitoring

Health Promotion Centers offer many services, including:

• Scoliosis screening
• Mental Health screening
• Employee wellness programs
• Immunizations for influenza, Hepatitis B and meningococcal meningitis
• Nutrition education
• Height, weight, and blood pressure monitoring
• Health fairs
• Parent education events
• Peer education
• Substance abuse education
• Puberty education
• CPR instruction
• TB testing
• Monthly newsletters to parents

Nominal fees for use of the Health Promotion Centers are included in school tuition.

For more information on the Health Promotion Centers call All Saints Elementary School
319-363-4110

General Links

Mount Mercy College
Mercy Medical Center