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The Huron St. Women’s Center has for several
years now focused on women’s health care issues. An
obstetrician/gynecologist makes rounds at the clinic once a
week and midwives are also available with the same
frequency.
Within the past few weeks, however, the
Women’s Center has enhanced its services at the point of
entry by providing an additional three days of staffing by a
nurse practitioner – the point person in the service system.
Kelly K. Mauric, CRNP, BSN, MS, is the latest
addition to the Huron St. staff and, as a nurse
practitioner, Mauric can work with female patients on the
full array of concerns – heavy bleeding, period problems,
discharges, STD’s, PMS, PMDD, breast exams, hormonal
therapy, pre-menopause issues, menopause, etc.
Mauric typically sees as many as 20 patients
on a full day, most of whom, she says, fall into the teen to
early 30’s age bracket.
What Mauric provides, along with more
frequent service, is a “wide array of women’s health
service,” says Miller, “and a seamless entrance to the
health care provider.”
Mauric, a resident of Fremont, OH, earned her
bachelor’s degree in nursing (a registered nurse
certificate) in 1996 from Lourdes College and her master’s
degree in Women’s Health Care as a nurse practitioner in
1996 from The Ohio State University. In addition to her
duties with NHA, Mauric also works for Primary Care of
Northwest Ohio in Fremont.
Miller underscores the importance of
enhancing the Women’s Center services for female health
issues by referencing the astounding rate of infant
mortality in northwest Ohio. Lucas County has one of the
highest such rates in the state with at more than 10.79
infant deaths per thousand.
According to the report of the Governor’s
Task Force on Preventing Infant Mortality in Ohio that was
released in November 2009, community-based organizations are
urged to take a number of steps to decrease the mortality
rate including providing culturally-sensitive information to
constituents on issues that affect a women’s health and
developing partnerships to address the health needs of women
of childbearing age in the community. These are exactly the
steps that can be accomplished by adding a nurse
practitioner to focus on female health issues.
The Women’s Center is open from 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The nurse practitioner is
on duty Mondays and Wednesday (all day) and on Thursday
afternoons.
Both the obstetrician/gynecologist and the
midwife are available on Tuesdays.
For more information or to book an
appointment at the Huron Street Women’s Center (923 N.
Huron) call 419-242-6028. |
