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Health Matters:
What Can You Expect At The Point Roberts Aydon Wellness Clinic

By Virginia Lester,
RN, MSN, ARNP

Several people have asked questions again regarding what they can expect from the Point Roberts Aydon Wellness Clinic. We are re-running this previously run article to clarify some of those questions.
The Aydon Wellness Clinic is a primary care family clinic with services provided by a family nurse practitioner, board certified in family and geriatrics. The scope of practice allows you to receive care that includes:
• Urgent, acute and chronic illness care.
• Minor surgery and repair of lacerations and injuries.
• Physical exams and wellness care for all ages and genders.
• Consultation and referral to specialists.
• Prescriptions for all legend medications and controlled drugs II-V required for treatment.
• Laboratory testing done here in our lab with specialty tests sent to Northwest Laboratory at St. Joseph Hospital.
• Evaluation and treatment for mental health issues.
• Continuing care and case management for patients in Point Roberts.
• Community health leadership with an emphasis on preventative care.

Today, people choose from many different health care providers. Each discipline has a different approach to education and practice requirements. The objective is to deliver the best quality care possible, the type of education and experience is not always the important factor. Patient satisfaction and results are important.

I hold a master’s degree in nursing and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California at San Francisco. I became board certified in Family and Geriatrics after a two-year internship with a physician. I have over 20 years experience and was a full partner in a large medical practice with 12 MD’s and Nurse Practitioners in California. I developed and directed the Graduate Nurse Practitioner program at CSUF, was the director of the Alzheimer’s Diagnostic Center and Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. I am required to keep my skills current for re licensure through continuing education classes, medical conferences and teleconferences.

Everyone is welcome at the clinic. I am credentialed and compensated by most of the major insurance companies and we have a sliding fee scale for low income residents.

Thank you to all of the Point Roberts residents who have supported the clinic.