Our acute care services include evaluation, diagnostic testing, treatment, and specialty referral (when clinically indicated), and education for self care.  

Check out our tips on how to take care of yourself when you are sick.

Acute Needs Include:

• Respiratory infections (congestion, cough)
• Fever
• Sprains
• Musculoskeletal pain
• Wound care
• Concussions
• Abdominal pain
• Urinary tract infections
• Rashes

Our Nurse Practitioners and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners provide psychiatric medication management and care for a variety of mental health diagnoses. We often work collaboratively with the Counseling Center, and other home psychiatric providers to coordinate care.

• Depression
• Anxiety
• ADHD care (see the policy)
• Mood Disorders

Please visit the Counseling Center website if you would like to learn more about counseling services, or schedule a counseling appointment.

We offer holistic nutritional counseling and give students support who are struggling with disordered eating patterns while promoting body positivity. 

• Basic nutrition counseling
• Support for restrictive and binge eating
• Specialist referrals when clinically indicated

We work closely with a student's primary care provider or specialist who is managing the health condition, and can make additional referrals when clinically indicated. Students can receive care for a variety of chronic and recurrent conditions, including:

• Asthma
• Migraines
• Diabetes
• Acne
• Celiac Disease

We offer affirming and non judgemental sexual and reproductive health services to students of all genders, sexual identities, and sexual experiences.

• Contraceptive services
• Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) testing and treatment
• Pregnancy testing
• Pelvic exams
• LGBTQIA+ and gender affirming care
• Women's health
• Men's health

• Sexually Transmitted Infection testing and prophylactic treatment
• Comprehensive medical evaluations and Forensic Nurse Exams  
• Mental health resources 
• Intimate partner violence support

We offer confidential, trauma-informed care for students who have had non-consensual sexual encounters. We strongly encourage you to seek immediate medical care, either at the Student Health Center or the Emergency Room. The Student Health Center can provide:

• Supportive and comprehensive medical evaluations
• Forensic Nurse Exam conducted by a certified Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE). Learn more about this in the section below
• Sexually Transmitted Infection testing and prophylactic treatment
• Mental health resources 
• Intimate partner violence support
• Connection to HOPE Works advocacy

If you have experienced sexual assault or non-consensual sexual encounters, we encourage you to seek immediate medical attention, even if you're not sure if you have any physical injuries. Although you may not feel physical pain, you may have internal injuries that cannot be immediately seen or felt. We encourage you to get medical attention whether or not you want to have evidence collected. The medical staff at the Student Health Center on Champlain College campus and the nearby University of Vermont Medical Center can provide care for any physical injuries you may have sustained, can test for sexually transmitted infections and/or pregnancy, and provide an examination by a trained Forensic Nurse Examiner (FNE).

We encourage you to seek the services of a FNE immediately following an experience of sexual trauma, as certain kinds of evidence collection, including toxicology testing, is time sensitive. A FNE exam is conducted by a professional with special training in working with individuals who may have experienced sexual trauma of all kinds. They can care for injuries, test and provide prophylaxis for sexually transmitted infections and/or pregnancy, and collect forensic evidence (if requested). In addition, you will be offered mental health care and resources.

You do not have to be certain that you have experienced sexual trauma to request a FNE exam or any other kind of medical or emotional care. The FNE can help you discuss options for reporting. You have the right to have someone with you during this exam including an advocate from HOPE Works. FNE exams are free of charge and will be covered by the state of Vermont.

Even if you are not sure about reporting your experience to Champlain College, pressing charges with the police, or obtaining a protective order, you can preserve the option of reporting later by having evidence collected. You can discuss your options directly with the FNE.

In most cases, DNA evidence needs to be collected within 72-120 hours in order to be analyzed by a crime lab-but a sexual assault forensic exam can reveal other forms of evidence beyond this time frame that can be useful if you decide to report. Place your belongings, including the clothes you were wearing, in a paper bag to safely preserve evidence.

If you have questions about the timeframe, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE (4673) or contact HOPE Works in Burlington at (802) 863-1236.

During open hours, students can call the Student Health Center at (802) 860-2711 to arrange for a FNE exam as soon as possible. If a campus FNE is unavailable, students will be directed to the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) Emergency Room, which also has nurses trained and certified as FNEs. It is recommended that you call the UVMMC emergency room in advance and ask for them to arrange to have a FNE available: (802) 847-2434. Champlain College's Public Safety staff can transport you to UVMMC and will not require you to disclose the reason you are seeking care.