Purpose:
Vision Statement: Healthy people
in healthy communities.The James Madison University Holistic Health Resource Center
is an academic based nurse managed center that links the holistic health
care needs of the community to health care faculty, students and professionals.
The focus of the Center is on prevention and health promotion through
education, coordination, service, and referral. The Center provides
an opportunity for faculty practice, service learning for students and
JMU/community collaboration. The nurses that serve as resources demonstrate
a breadth of nursing roles capitalizing on the strengths and interests
of current nursing faculty, students and community professionals. Involvement
of other health and human service faculty and students will further
broaden the holistic focus and scope of services provided.
Mission
Statement: Promote physical, mental and spiritual health and prevent
disease, injury and disability by providing affordable, accessible
healthcare and services of the highest quality.
Goals:
- Meet identified community health and human service needs of persons in the region
- Provide unduplicated services
- Improve access and availability of resources
- Involving faculty, student and community partners as resources
- Providing interdisciplinary holistic health care
Current Initiatives:
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Care Givers Community Network Complementary Health and Healing Initiatives The Health Place The Health Place, located in Stanley Virginia, is a community health outreach of NROC's Holistic Health Resource Center. The Health Place provides need based interdisciplinary health outreach services and activities in partnership with the community. The Health Place will serve as a resource for cross-disciplinary service learning activities involving faculty and students. Current Initiatives and Partnerships at the Health Place include:
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Emily Akerson,
RN, MN, C-FNP |
For further information regarding other current initiatives
please contact:
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Christopher
Nye |
Emily
Akerson, RN, MN, C-FNP Director (540) 568-6120 akersoek@jmu.edu |
