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The University of Central Florida School of Nursing established a nursing center in Apopka in the Fall of 1998. The center is based at the John Bridges Community Center and there is a branch location at Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry. Undergraduate nursing students and their instructor, Dr. Diane Wink, an experienced registered nurse and Associate Professor of Nursing at UCF, staff the center. Students work at the CNCA, in addition to working in clinics and hospitals, throughout the junior and senior years of their nursing education. Registered nurses earning their baccalaureate degree and graduate students in our Family Nurse Practitioner program also have rotations at the CNCA.
Through the CNCA, students provide services such as hypertension and diabetes screening, monitoring and education, vision screening, and health education. They also work with partners in the South Apopka community, using the CNCA as a base of operations.
This CNCA is one of nine nursing centers established by the UCF School of Nursing. It is part of a new curriculum which focuses on helping nurses become knowledgeable about working in the community setting as well as the hospital. This nursing center is supported by a grant from the Orlando Magic Youth Foundation.
Partnerships have been developed with Seniors First, the Farmworkers Coalition, Head Start, Neighborhood Center for Families, ACTION, Inc., the Home Visitors Program, Lovell Elementary School. Wheatly Elementry School, STEPS the Apopka Community Clinic, GROWS and the Justice and Peace Office, Harbour House, Anthony House, Quest, Lovelle and Phyllis Wheatley Elementary schools and other groups in the South Apopka area. The list of partners grows each semester.
Take 436 westbound to 441 which is Main Street in Apopka. Make a left on Park Avenue, a right on 13th Street. John Bridges is about 10 blocks ahead on right. We are in Building C.
Take 436 westbound to 441 which is Main Street in Apopka. Make a left on Park Avenue, a left on 8th Street. Loaves and Fishes is about two blocks ahead on the right. Park in the fenced lot behind the building if possible.
John Bridges Community Center
Home of Community Nursing Center at Apopka
445 W 13th Street, Apopka, FL 32803 407-886-4701
ACTION, Inc.
Based at John Bridges 407-880-0185
Head Start
Based at John Bridges 407-886-4701
Home Visitors Program and the Apopka Neighborhood Center for Families
Based at John Bridges 407-889-9969
Seniors First
Based at John Bridges 407-886-4701
Apopka Community Health Center
618 Forrest Avenue Apopka, FL 32803 407-886-6201
Farmworkers Association
815 South Park Avenue Apopka, FL 32703 407-886-5141
Florida Department of Health
Florida Hospital Altamonte
601 E. Altamonte Drive Orlando FL 32830 407-830-4321
Justice and Peace Office, Inc.
52 East Main Street Apopka, FL 32803 407-889-0100
Loaves and Fishes (food pantry)
Branch Site of Community Nursing Center at Apopka
206 E. 8th Street Apopka, FL 32803 407-886-6005
Lovelle Elementary School
815 Roger Williams Rd. Apopka, FL 32703 407-884-2239
Orange County Government
Orange County Health and Human Services
Senior Resource Alliance
988 Woodcock Road, Suite 200,
Orlando, FL 32803 407-228-1800
Specialized Treatment, Education
and Prevention Services, Inc.
1991 Apopka Blvd. Apopka, FL 32703 407-880-1221
Wheatley Elementary School
2 West 18th Street Apopka 32703 407-884-2250
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