Back to All NewsThe Nurse Who Stepped Up to Offer COVID-19 Testing
Posted By American Med Spa Association, Monday, August 3, 2020
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When Kristina Donnay took it upon herself in April to provide coronavirus testing in Maricopa, Arizona, she didn’t anticipate working weeks on end in the office without a day off.
Nor did she expect the public backlash visited upon her practice, the Maricopa Wellness Center, for conducting tests at a time several health providers and national drug store chains in the city were taking a pass.
“I needed to step up to the plate. I was shocked other facilities in Maricopa did not,” Donnay said. “We need more testing in the city. We need to see we are a hotspot in the city.”
Her practice, which opened in April 2019, was perhaps a less-than-obvious choice to jump into the COVID-19 testing fray.
The Maricopa Wellness Center is not a primary care provider, but a med spa, a hybrid of an aesthetic medical center and day spa that provides nonsurgical aesthetic medical services—Botox injections, chemical peels, hormone injections and the like—under the supervision of a licensed medical practitioner. Donnay is medical director and co-owner of the practice.
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Nor did she expect the public backlash visited upon her practice, the Maricopa Wellness Center, for conducting tests at a time several health providers and national drug store chains in the city were taking a pass.
“I needed to step up to the plate. I was shocked other facilities in Maricopa did not,” Donnay said. “We need more testing in the city. We need to see we are a hotspot in the city.”
Her practice, which opened in April 2019, was perhaps a less-than-obvious choice to jump into the COVID-19 testing fray.
The Maricopa Wellness Center is not a primary care provider, but a med spa, a hybrid of an aesthetic medical center and day spa that provides nonsurgical aesthetic medical services—Botox injections, chemical peels, hormone injections and the like—under the supervision of a licensed medical practitioner. Donnay is medical director and co-owner of the practice.
Read more at InMaricopa >>
