Practice and Community Collaboration
Practice and Community Collaboration (PACC) consists of clinical practices located in the Salt Lake Valley and across Utah. Encompassing seven health care specialties, these practices—within University of Utah Health and with external partners—are essential to the College’s academic, clinical, and research mission areas. Altogether, 34 College of Nursing advanced practice registered nurses (APRN), registered nurses (RN), and medical assistants care for patients, precept nursing students and medical residents, and collaborate with community partners on key health care topics. Students have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in diverse clinical settings, care for a wide range of patient population, and learn how APRNs and RNs work at the full scope of their license.
Clinical Practices
The clinical behavioral health services offered by the College of Nursing provide counseling for individuals, families and groups. The psychotherapy is evidence-based and is conducted in a sensitive and confidential manner.
Caring Connections is a bereavement care program sponsored by the University of Utah College of Nursing. Our service mission includes care of grieving persons, education of health care students in the care of the bereaved and research in loss and grief. We offer a variety of grief support groups through out the years that help individuals cope with different kinds of loss.
Since 1998, Juvenile Justice and Youth Services (JJYS) of the State of Utah has contracted with the University of Utah College of Nursing (CON) to provide medical care for youth in statewide facilities. Our goal is to provide optimal care for the physical and mental well-being of incarcerated youth while educating future health care providers. We work in a holistic manner to address current and potential health problems for the youth under our care. The CON/JJYS nursing staff and faculty also serve as clinical mentors for registered nurse, nurse practitioner, and physician assistant students and medical school residents.
RedMed, the University of Utah's employee health clinic, is located on the ground floor of the Union Building. Care at the clinic is be provided by College of Nursing faculty and staff. Nurse practitioners and nurses bring clinical expertise in individualized patient care, by assessing and treating work related injuries and other non-emergency medical conditions.
Primary Care offers a variety of health services through 11 practice sites along the Wasatch front and back:
College of Nursing faculty provide advanced practice nursing services at the Summit County Health Department in Park City where they serve patients who are underinsured or uninsured. They implement, coordinate, and deliver services to county residents in the areas of women’s health, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer screenings, family planning, patient education, immunizations, and other clinical services. Faculty see scheduled patients for primary care and acute illnesses in Park City and in rural Kamas and Coalville.
Jennifer Clifton, DNP, FNP-BC, CCHP-CP, CCHP-A, FAANP
Professor (Clinical)
Associate Dean of Practice and Community Collaboration
jennifer.clifton@nurs.utah.edu
(801) 581-5276
Matthew Horn
Administrative Assistant
matthew.horn@nurs.utah.edu
(801) 585-6835