Low Cost Health Clinic offered at Sonoma State

[Shandi]

Been meaning to get a check-up or a physical? Now's your time to sign up.

In need of a check-up? Sonoma State University is offering low-cost physical exams and health appraisals for well adults and children through the university's nursing department Family Practitioner Maintenance Center, from Wednesday, Feb. 29 through May 4.

The exams, performed by family nurse practitioner students who are in the Master's of Nursing program, include a complete medical health history, identification of health risk factors, complete physical screenings for blood pressure checks, vision testing, audiology, urinalysis, anemia and cholesterol testing, and Pap smears to test for cervical cancer.

Many times, before a job or enrollment in sports, these physicals are necessary.

The cost of a physical examination is $30, Pap test $45, cholesterol check $25, hearing tests are free and a DMV physical examination is $60. Copies of records are given to clients upon request as well as mailed to private physicians or agencies. Call 707-664-2466 to make an appointment with the nursing department, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.