Low cost health exams

Low-cost physical examinations and health appraisals for well adults and children are available through the Nursing Department’s Family Nurse Practitioner Program at SSU on Wednesdays from March 17 through May 19.

The exams are supervised by nursing faculty and performed by Family Nurse Practitioner students who are registered nurses enrolled in the Master’s nursing program.

The cost of a physical examination is $30, Pap smear $45, cholesterol check $25, hearing tests are free and a DMV physical examination is $60.

They’ll take  a complete medical and health history, identify health risk factors,  do complete physical examinations and screening tests such as blood pressure checks, vision testing, audiology testing, urinalysis, hematocrit (for anemia), cholesterol testing, and Pap smears for cervical cancer.

These services can be utilized for annual exams, sports physicals, pre-employment physicals, camp physicals, and Class II DMV licensing physicals. Appointments are available only to Sonoma County residents.

Appointments may be made by calling SSU’s Nursing Department at (707) 664-2466, Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm.