UTHSC Nursing Mobile Health

02/20/2026

Come on out for a free cancer screening if you are in Hardeman County today! Our outreach van will be at Backermann's Country Market, 260 U.S. 64, in Whiteville, TN, from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm.

01/20/2026

Thank you, Lake County Schools, for always welcoming us at the Family Engagement Events. We enjoy sharing more about our services and availability to the community. Our students enjoy visiting to learn more about rural health in the area. 🧡 💚

01/06/2026

We love visiting with our community partner friends at McIver’s Grant Public Library in Dyersburg!
Did you know that we have a spot inside for telehealth services? If you are not able to come to our mobile unit in Lake or Lauderdale County, our providers are available to offer services via telehealth. Stop by the library or call us at 731-616-8866 for more info. 💚 🧡

12/16/2025

Members of the Mobile Health team were glad to meet with State Commissioner of Health John Dunn, DVM, PhD, EMBA-SL, at the Lake County Health Department last week and give him a tour of the mobile health unit. Commissioner Dunn (right) was accompanied by his executive assistant Misty Hernandez-Perry, and JW Randolph, deputy commissioner for health strategy and regulation.

10/10/2025

Come on out to the UT Martin Fall Fest in Ripley today! Here until 1pm, Friday Oct 10th. Our Mobile Health Unit van is here with lots of goodies to giveaway and students with information about our variety of Nursing Programs. Something for everyone 🧡 💚

08/15/2025

Congrats to Dr. Rita Hollingsworth!

Congrats to our own Rita Hollingsworth, DNP, FNP-C, AGACNP-C, who was selected as the Health Care Hero in the category of Health Care Provider, Non-Physician, at the Memphis Business Journal awards program last night. Dr. Hollingsworth is the advanced practice nurse who is the primary provider on the UTHSC Nursing Mobile Health unit, serving Lake and Lauderdale counties. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is proud of you!

08/06/2025

RN job opportunity with our Mobile Health unit team!
Apply here:

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08/05/2025

Thank you to McIver’s Grant Public Library in Dyersburg for offering a private space for individuals in your community to have a spot to connect to our Mobile Health Unit services via telehealth. What an exciting and unique opportunity to offer health services and access to everyone! 💚 🧡

08/04/2025

Thank you, Lake County Schools, for inviting us the the Back to School Bash on Saturday, August 2nd in Tiptonville at Lake County High School
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These nursing students enjoyed working with the MHU Nurse Liaison in sharing our services and some swag with students of all ages who are returning to have a bright start to the 2025-2026 school year. We enjoyed meeting new community members and reuniting with ones we have known, and our students learned more about this rural area and the importance of our partnership together to serve others. They were also able to encourage some High School students to consider UTHSC College of Nursing as a career path. ☀️
Best wishes as the new year begins!

07/07/2025

We are so proud of our faculty and staff members who are finalists in the Memphis Business Journal Health Care Hero Awards!
Dr. Lisa Beasley, director of the Center for Community and Global Partnerships, is a finalist in the Community Outreach category. Dr. Rita Hollingsworth, the advanced practice nurse who serves on our Nursing Mobile Health Unit, is a finalist in the Non-Physician category. Congratulations! Learn more at https://news.uthsc.edu/2025-health-care-heroes-finalists.../

06/26/2025

Two MHU team members, Rita Hollingsworth, DNP and Celecia Osborne, BSN-RN were invited to the Kiwanis Club of Dyersburg to share more about services we provide in rural northwest Tennessee. Thanks for the invitation and for allowing us to serve in these communities 🧡 💚

Our guests today were Celecia Osborne and Rita Hollingsworth, representing University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Nursing Mobile Health. Thank you for providing much needed mobile health services, as well as telehealth services, to our communities.

Fun fact: Rita is the daughter of member Janiece Wright.

For appointments or information, call 731.616.8866.

06/26/2025

Dear Community Members, we once again are having difficulties with our Mobile Health Unit van. While it undergoes repairs, we appreciate your patience and understanding for our need to offer telehealth services instead of on site availability at our initial June 2025 location calendar.
While you will not see our van out and about, you CAN still see our Nurse Practitioner via telehealth with the same level of expertise and care provided. Please call 731-616-8866 for more info and/or to schedule an appointment. Thanks! 🧡 💚