Every effort is made to schedule appointments when the student is not in class. The Student Health Center Clinic is closed for all official University holidays, breaks, snow days, and during the summer months.
Appointments may be scheduled online through your student MyNU account. Routine appointments may be scheduled up to two weeks in advance and allergy shots up to four weeks in advance. We do offer same day appointments for students feeling ill. Walk-in appointments will be triaged by the nurse and clinic policy followed regarding scheduling appointments. Medical emergencies are always handled as such. Students who are unable to walk over to Health Services due to severe illness may call Campus Safety at extension 8111 to request transportation to Student Health Services.
Student Health Services provides an Allergy Clinic every Thursday morning from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to students who wish to continue with their established allergy vaccine protocol. Vaccines are given according to the protocol and schedule that your allergist has determined for you. Give your allergist our form “Instructions for allergy Serum administration”, and request that it is completed and mail or fax it to Niagara University’s Student Health Services. Verbal orders will not be accepted. Make arrangements to have your allergy serum delivered to Student Health Services or you may hand deliver your allergy serum during the first week of classes. Your vaccine is stored in a container clearly marked with your name and is stored in a specially designated refrigerator in the Student Health clinic.
During the first week of classes, make an appointment to meet with one of the clinic’s Registered Nurses, who will review our Allergy Clinic protocol with you. A minimum of 72 hours will be required from the time that the Instructions for Allergy Serum Administration form and the serum are submitted to Student Health Services before it is administered to you. This is to ensure a complete review of the information provided and to communicate with your allergist if the need arises.
If you have any questions, or if we can be of assistance to you, please do not hesitate to call the Student Health Service at 716-286-8390.
Butler Building. Located in the same building as the Campus Book Store. Our main entrance is across from Clet Hall. A wheelchair accessible entrance is located on the North side of the building facing the Power Vista parking lots.
All students are eligible to receive health care at Student Health Services. Unlimited use of Student Health Services is available to all Full-time Undergraduate students (campus residents and commuters). Part-time and Graduate students who wish to receive health care at Student Health Services are charged a Health Service Fee on a per semester basis. Health insurance is NOT required to be seen by the Student Health Services staff.
Medical services are provided by Family Nurse Practitioners and a part-time collaborating physician. Nursing care is provided by Professional Registered Nurses. A Health Education Coordinator provides campus-wide outreach programs in health and wellness promotion specifically aimed at health risk behaviors that negatively impact academic success.
Contact your Resident Advisor (RA) who will assist you in obtaining proper medical help. If your RA is unavailable and there is not an RA on duty at the main desk, please contact Campus Safety at Extension 8111 or (716) 286-8111 from cell phones. In an emergency, care is available through Mount St. Mary's Hospital (716) 297-4800, a four minute drive from the university or Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center (716) 278-4000, which is eight minutes away.
Patient confidentiality is strictly enforced. Medical personnel may provide information to others only with the written permission from the student and only to those authorized by the student. Patients may restrict or limit the nature of the information to be provided. Upon written authorization, medical personnel may speak with the faculty verifying the student's illness and treatment.
Click on the follwing link for the: Authorization Release Form
Medical excuses from classes are provided "only when absolutly warrented due to the severity of medical illness as determined by our medical staff." Medical excuses are not provided to students who have missed classes. Students should not schedule appointments or come in as a Walk-In patient during class time. Students who are kept out of classes by their own primary care physician are responsible for fowarding a medical excuse from their physician to all of their appropriate faculty members and to the Student Health Services office.
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