The program is unique in that its nurses utilizes a holistic approach to identify what the patient's needs are to find resources they need.
Sonia Cavazos, a nurse with Methodist Healthcare Ministries' Wesley Nurse program, loads food into vehicles during Coker United Methodist Church's recent food pantry giveaway last week. A line of vehicles wrapped around the parking lot as people waited to receive bags of food.Janeth Urbina found medical help at the place she least expected it — her church.told her of a nurse who spoke Spanish and could help connect her with the help she needed.
“I don’t know what I would do [otherwise] because I don’t have insurance,” said Urbina in Spanish, her voice trembling, tears in her eyes. She expressed deep gratitude for the program. “Us, without help, without a medical site if a child or husband gets sick… It’s something for us who need help.” A man from El Salvador was hit by a car while riding his bike home from a meat processing plant on the South Side. The accident paralyzed him, Lopez said, but because he was undocumented, he didn’t qualify for any assistance after he was discharged from the hospital.
launched the Wesley Nurse program in 1997 with 30 nurses. Named after John Wesley, founder of the Methodist Church, today more than 80 Wesley nurses work throughout the 74-county area that Methodist serves in South Texas. On average, a nurse sees four to five patients a day for free, most of whom are Spanish-speaking and undocumented. When a patient visits a Wesley Nurse, they don’t necessarily undergo a medical check-up, but more of a consultation.
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