Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center for Clinical Education and Wellness

Get the free, extra support you need for healthier living

MGH Institute's IMPACT Practice Center is the home to the Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center for Clinical Education and Wellness, a nurse-led screening, referral, education, and support resource for Charlestown and Greater Boston-area residents.

Free support services are provided by MGH Institute Nurse Practitioner students, supervised by licensed nursing faculty.

The Nursing Center provides a wide variety of ongoing services, augmenting your current care. Choose the services that best suit your needs. Some of our services, like primary care, are mostly in-person visits with telehealth available if needed. Supportive Counseling services are offered only via telehealth.

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Our Services

Telehealth visits are now a part of our healthcare system. As our nurse practitioner students are learning about telehealth, we can offer you virtual visits as part of our services at the Sleeper Center. Clients will learn how to participate in a virtual visit. Students will learn how to conduct a virtual visit with a health history and assessment.

Family Primary Care

Primary Care and Pediatric visits take place on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

These are conducted in-person, but we do offer telehealth as needed. If you choose telehealth, as a client, you will learn how to best participate in a virtual visit.

Free support services at the Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center are provided by MGH Institute of Health Professions Nurse Practitioner students, under the supervision of licensed faculty. Choose the services that best meet your needs:

Primary Care

Living with chronic conditions
Medication management
Nutrition
Stress reduction
Weight management
Aging well
Wellness assessments

Pediatric

Wellness assessments
Growth and development
Nutrition
Sleep
Health promotion
1-on-1 supportive counseling

Adult and Pediatric Supportive Counseling

Are you feeling troubled, confused, or alone? We are here to listen and help you navigate difficult feelings and circumstances.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner students meet with adult and pediatric (6-17 years of age) clients for free 1-on-1 supportive counseling. Clinic hours are Mondays and Thursdays, 10am - 6pm

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Parkinson's Care Partner Support Group

The Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center for Clinical Education and Wellness at the MGH Institute of Health Professions invites care partners of individuals with Parkinson’s to participate in a monthly virtual support group.

This group will provide a safe and supportive processing space for navigating the challenges and life transitions of care partners. Care partners will be encouraged to connect and share regarding shared lived experiences. Topics covered may include coping strategies, self-care, and healthy relationships. The group will be facilitated by psych/mental health nurse practitioner students and licensed faculty. Mondays 10-10:45am.

Nurse-Led Mobile Health Service Program

Our mobile van enhances the adult primary care services offered through the Sleeper Center by allowing prelicensure and advanced practice nursing students to engage directly with communities at client’s residence and a variety of community-based sites; eliminating the transportation barrier to care many of our clients face. We provide free health screenings, education, and referrals with the goal of supporting clients in health promotion.

Our current and future work includes:

Group health education.
Assessments and resources to address social determinants of health and consequences of climate change.
Develop long-standing community partnerships.
Integrating telehealth into experiential learning opportunities to address health inequities.
Foster interprofessional collaboration experiences with occupational therapy and physician assistant programs.

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a woman in scrubs uses a stethoscope to listen to the chest of a man in a wheelchair wearing a see through mask — Nurse practitioner student Christine Dano checks client Eugene Flaherty during his visit to the Sleeper Center.

in a living room, an older woman with white hair puts a hand to her chest as two younger females crouch down to speak to her — Nurse practitioner students Jenna Murray (middle) and Claire Johnson visit with client Lena Doherty in her Robert A. Georgine Towers apartment on Ferrin Street.

a woman wearing a mask in a doctors office exam room gestures to a younger woman wearing a stethoscope — Client Lisa Sims (left) talks with a nurse practitioner student in the Sleeper Center on the IHP campus.

an older man and women stand behind one another — Zeny and Alan were suffering from medical issues where they often needed urgent care and to supplement primary care from the MGH Charlestown Branch. At the center, they came for weekly in-person primary care for assistance on chronic conditions of high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, in addition to stress management.

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Contact Us

Interested in services? Use the intake form below. We are located in Charlestown, MA.

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Kathryn Sabo, PhD, RN, CNE, FNAP

Director, Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center for Clinical Education and Wellness Assistant Professor Nursing

Kathryn Sabo, PhD, RN, CNE, FNAP

ksabo@mghihp.edu
(617) 643-1127
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Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center

A nurse-led screening, referral, education, and support resource for clients.

Ruth Sleeper Nursing Center

nursingcenter@mghihp.edu
(617) 643-6332
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Community outreach is an integral part of our graduate programs' curricula. Service learning is a teaching and learning strategy that integrates meaningful community service with instruction and reflection to enrich the learning experience, teach civic responsibility, encourage civic engagement, and strengthen communities.

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