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Nurses Triage Clinic
Tulsa Day Center Nurses Triage Clinic provides medical care for homeless people who do not have access to any other provider. The Clinic's mission is to promote and support health care in Tulsa's homeless population.
The Clinic is open five days a week, and located in the Day Center. Medical services are culturally attuned and readily available in a barrier free, community-oriented site that provides urgent care, mental health counseling, TB testing, vision screening, health education, and referral to other health support systems.
The clinic staff follows up with patients by providing medical case management, setting appointments, providing referrals, and advocating for additional services. Health and prevention classes are held to teach clients how to manage illnesses, prevent illness and lead a healthier life.
A total of 10,220 patients were seen in the Clinic last year. By providing care to people who are homeless, the clinic assists the already overburdened health delivery systems and hospital emergency rooms. Fewer visits to local hospital emergency rooms is a savings to the community.
The Nurses Triage Clinic is a teaching site for students from Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma University, Tulsa University, Oral Roberts University, Northeastern State University, Bartlesville Wesleyan, Tulsa Community College, Langston University and for medical residents from area hospitals. Local physicians donate one half-day a week to treat patients that visit the triage clinic and make contact with clients that are in the Day Center facility. Their services include psychiatry, podiatry, ophthalmology and general practice.
The clinic maintains high standards of care and professionalism under the direction of a nurse practitioner and a registered nurse. An additional 37 nurses and 20 clerks volunteer in the clinic.