Nurses are a vital part of the SHS health team.
Nurses see students for:
- Pregnancy Testing, Options, and Info
- Emergency Contraception
- Walk-ins/Same Day Visits for illness or injury
- Advice During the Day and After Hours
- Immunizations
- Wound Care
- Diabetic Teaching/Glucometer teaching/Injection teaching (with orders from a provider)
- Birth control refills
Walk-In/Same Day Visits — For illness or injury
Student Health Center same day services are available on a walk in basis for ill or injured students.
Students speak to the triage nurse first. The triage nurse will assist in making an appropriate plan of care. There is no cost to speak with the triage nurse.
Same day appointments are limited. Come in or call early in the day for an appointment 209-228-2273. The health center hours are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday excluding holidays or campus closure dates.
Emergency — call 911, if you are using a campus phone call 9-911.
The Student Health Center is NOT an emergency room. By calling 911, first responders will provide you with the most prompt response to an emergency, whether on or off campus.
Advice Nurse
Contact 209-228-0065, 9 a.m.-4:30p.m. Monday-Friday, excluding holidays or campus closure dates.
Emergency — call 911, if you are using a campus phone call 9-911.
Not sure what to do? The advice nurse will help you figure it out. If your call goes to voicemail, please don’t hang up — leave a message. The advice nurse will get back to you promptly. You can also use our secure messaging system for non-emergent matters through myHealth.
To speak to an advice nurse after clinic hours contact 209-228-2273 and follow the prompts to speak to an after hours nurse.
Students covered by UC SHIP can call the 24/7 nurse line 24-hours a day, seven days a week and speak confidentially to a registered nurse. These nurses are trained to help you make more informed decisions about your health situation. This number is also on the back of your member ID card. A nurse is just a phone call away!
This information was adapted from the UCSC health center website.
