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Incoming Students (Freshman and Transfer)
Resident Students
Unlike your previous 12 years of school, please remember that you may have medications in the residence hall. So please bring a thermometer and a first aid kit including some of the over-the-counter medications and your prescriptions thatyou may need if you become ill.
Resident Students...Healthcare, Move-in Reminder>>> trifold pamphlet
Required Immunizations>>> - information and forms
Health Insurance Checklist >>>
For Parents
The Society for Adolescent Medicine recently released The Healthy Student -- A Parent's Guide to Preparing Teens for the College Years ( , new window) by Lawrence Neinstein, MD (University of Southern California). The guide covers confidentiality issues, the pre-college health exam, immunizations, health insurance, medical records and prescriptions, and first-aid supplies. Another widely acclaimed book is Don't Tell Me What To Do, Just Send Money: The Essential Parenting Guide to the College Years, co-authored byHelen E. Johnsons, one of the nations leading consultants to colleges and universities in the area of parent relations.
Our office also has some online health information to help students care for themselves at college.
Important information to review before you arrive
| Transportation to off-campus medical sites |
Students are responsible for their own transportation to off-campus medical sites, such as dentists, physicians, and urgent care centers. Be prepared by having emergency funds available for taxi fares. Please know that university policy prohibits faculty, staff, RAs, and resident hall directors from transporting students. Call the student clinic for more information regarding transportation: (757) 594-7661.
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| Minors Consent |
If you will begin school here before reaching the age of 18, in order to receive non-urgent nursing care in the student clinic, you must have a parent or gaurdian sign the Personal Health History and Consent for Treatment Form and have it on file in the office of UHWS. If you cannot download the file, this form is also available in the office of UHWS. Personal Health History & Consent For Treatment >> |
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| Health Care Coverage |
We hope you have a healthy year, but should you become ill, please make sure you are prepared to know how you will access medical care should you need a physician or need to have prescriptions filled. Bring your insurance card (or a copy of it) with you. University health insurance is available through the Office of Student Life at (757) 594-7260. Insurance Checklist >> |
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| Insurance Billing |
UHWS is unable to file for insurance reimbursement. Documentation is provided for you to file with your insurance company on your own. |
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| Permanent and/or Temporary Disability |
If you have a documented disability that requires special assistance, please contact Mrs. Deborah Witt, Disability Services Coordinator at (757) 594-8763 or dwitt@cnu.edu. The Disability Services website may help answer some of your questions.
To further insure support, we strongly encourage that you communicate your needs to your residence hall
director, resident assistant, roommates and professors. |
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| Prescription Medications |
If you take prescription medications, be prepared for how you will have them refilled while in school. We suggest bringing a first aid kit including the common over-the-counter medications that you presently use. The UHWS nurse practitioner and physicians may also write perscriptions. If you are on a psychotropic medication, the nurse practitioner may write refill perscriptions. |
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| Controlled Substances |
Your prescription medications that are controlled substances are your responsibility for managing. Please take some time prior to arriving in the residence hall to plan for how you will safeguard these often stolen and abused medications. The student clinic does not keep controlled substances in the clinic. |
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| Injection Dependent Students |
If you require insulin or other prescription injections, you are required by the University to obtain a sharps container from the student clinic. When it becomes full, you are then required to return it to the Science Building. |
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| Allergy Shots |
Because of safety and liability issues, no allergy shots are given in the office. Students are urged to contact their insurance company to find out which medical facilities they are authorized to receive them in. There are several local family physicians who can administer allergy shots, after an initial evaluation visit. Please contact the office of UHWS for further assistance and more detailed information.
Suggested local physicians where you may recieve your allergy shots:
Dr. Mat Halverson DO
12420 Warwick Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 599-5588
(Across the street from CNU at Hiden Blvd.) |
Riverside Family Practice
10510 Jefferson Ave.
Newport News, VA 23606
757) 594-3800 |
Stephen W. Shield, MD
Virginia Adult and Pediatric Allergy & Asthma, P.C.
11747 Jefferson AVe. Sutie 1-B
Newport News, VA 23606
(757) 596-8025 |
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| Medical Excuses |
Excuse notes are strongly discouraged as it is a student's responsibility to communicate with faculty, staff and coaches regarding absence from classes/athletics/work.
However, if an excuse note is requested, UHWS will provide documentation of your visit for you to share with whomever you choose. Under the Federal Government's Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act that was made into law in 1996, your visit to UHWS and the circumstances regarding it are strictly confidential. Without your written consent, information about your visit to UHWS may not be shared with anyone, including parents, faculty, staff, or coaches.
Please be aware that a documentation of your visit does not exclude you from your class, athletic, or work responsibilities. We strongly encourage you to maintain good communication with your professors, coaches and employers. |
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