Start up of a free clinic

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I hope someone can help me with this. I am the administrator of a Home Health agency. However, my CEO has asked me to research and start the process of opening a free outreach clinic. This would only be V/S and simple nursing assessment. Lots of education and medication management. I am not finding anything online to help with this. I want a good disclaimer for my RN that will be working the clinic. Any other advice or resources would be extremely welcomed.

Thank you in advance

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If you are looking to create a disclaimer wouldn't you want to consult an attorney in your area? I would imagine that local laws would significantly impact your liability and what you can and cannot include in a disclaimer.

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I do have our attorney working on the disclaimer for nurse protection. Quess I was really hoping for some ideas on setting up the clinic. Must not be a topic of interest though.

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Sounds like a great idea. It's all about location. More than likely you will need to go to areas where your patient demographics are: mall, barber shops, big events like a fair or festival, etc. I would ask your local MD's office if they have any new MD's looking to build their practices as well for reference to patients with no PCPs.

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Thank you for the ideas, I will certainly add those ideas to my list. I am still interested in additional thoughts on how to actually run the clinic. We have the main building and one nurse, with second one considering the offer.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.

You should get some LPNs on board for cheap / effective nursing labor!!

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Specializes in Peds(PICU, NICU float), PDN, ICU.
You should get some LPNs on board for cheap / effective nursing labor!!

LPNs are not cheap labor :-(

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.
LPNs are not cheap labor :-(

$13.65/hr was my starting rate at the hospital 2 yrs ago. Considering the LPN scope of practice in comparison to the pay. It is a Big Bang for ur buck... For such a Big Bang, I dare call it cheap, effective, labor.

Unless u replace with medical assistants for $9-$10/hr and then u could get cheaper. However, I'd like to think of a clinic like this as very much a nursing endeavor and I think higher standards could be met with clinic nurses.

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Specializes in Peds(PICU, NICU float), PDN, ICU.

Around here LPNs start in upper teens to 20/hr. It's less than we're worth. But LPNs should never be viewed as cheap labor.

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Specializes in Emergency Nursing.
Around here LPNs start in upper teens to 20/hr. It's less than we're worth. But LPNs should never be viewed as cheap labor.

Completely agree. But from a monetary stand point at the rate I quoted (13.65/hr) can you see my point ?

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You should get some LPNs on board for cheap / effective nursing labor!!

I'm sure there are plenty of Nurses who would volunteer. That's cheap labor.

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Specializes in nursing education.

You could get nursing students, too. That would be fabulous experience for community clinical.

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