Minute Clinic

I was not feeling well and I am new to Miami so I couldn’t get in fast enough @ a doctor’s office so I thought minute clinic… NEVER AGAIN AT THIS LOCATION!!! Alina Pastoriza Garcia, ARPN-​NP-​C of UM was the rudest most condescending practitioner I have ever come across! After NOTICEABLY sitting in the waiting area for almost 45 minutes she turned me away @ 7:15pm even though I was the only one waiting (the clinic closes at 7:30pm) and proceeded to argue about why she couldn’t see me for the next 15 mins which she could have used to diagnose me. Not to mention, she called her supervisor who was supposedly @ a church function (again time wasted during which she could’ve quickly seen me) and lied about how crowded the waiting area was and why she needed to close due to patient volume when I was the only person waiting.
I am a nurse myself so I understand we all have bad days but on my worst day I would never treat one of my patients the way that she treated me!!! I would have even been okay with a fake apology for overlooking the fact that I was in the waiting area and listening to my symptoms (would have taken no more than 2 minutes) and perhaps directing me to the pharmacy to find something that could help until I could be seen the next morning. BUT instead she was a nasty _​_​_​_​_​_​ (u fill it in… lol) and pointed at the wall to her mounted picture and yelled «My credentials are right there!!!» (which is why I have every letter of them by her name above!)
Worst experience ever she could really use some humbling and a personality restoration!

This concept is SO brilliant, I can’t believe someone didn’t think of it earlier. I mean, in today’s age of overly-​specialized doctors and two hour wait times … a clinic like this is a Godsend.
For anything basic — this is where it’s at. Frankly, when do most of us have any condition severe enough to require a specialist? Rarely. It’s more like sinus infections and flu shots, so this clinic is totally prepared to handle those type of issues.
I waited maybe five minutes. Awesome. And the best part? You can pick up any prescriptions five feet away. Convenience at its best.
Rock on Minute Clinic, I’m sure I’ll be seeing you again, though not often. Thank the lord for my good health. :)

As much as I like to rip on CVS for oversaturating the area with its stores, not all of them have a Minute Clinic contained within. I see now that this would be a worthwhile addition to any area of town. Let’s face it, little health/​medical problems crop up from time to time, and you want to take care of them as soon as possible, because they are annoying. You don’t want to go to a doctor, because you know that in this country, going to the doctor is a total P.I.T.A. You probably won’t be able to get an appointment until next week, and when you finally get there, you’ll be in a waiting room for two hours with a bunch of people who are hacking and sneezing all over you.
At the Minute Clinic, no appointments. Just go and enter your info at the easy-​to-​use touch screen. Treatment is easy, efficient, and about as inexpensive as you could expect. In this case, ear wax was bothering me — I was hearing things as if I was underwater, and when I tried to treat the problem myself, not only did I fail to get rid of any wax, I introduced volumes of water into my ears that I couldn’t shake out. The clinic nurse Alina gave me a good flush in both ears, and now I can hear in stereo again. She also informed me that I should keep a watch on my blood pressure, as it is «borderline,» which I guess makes sense given that I’ve been slacking on exercise and not exactly saying «no» to things like pizza, burgers and truffle fries as of late. At some point you have to realize that you can’t eat as if you’re 16 :(Sigh.

Stopped in for a flu shot today, no appointment necessary.
Roxanna, the nurse practitioner, is a real sweetheart.
And she has magic hands; I barely felt the needle and was surprised she was already done while I was still expecting to feel something painful.
The whole visit took just a few minutes (I spend more time in line at the post office) — plus the 20 minutes it’s recommended you wait after receiving the vaccine to watch for rare allergic reactions.
Cost without insurance $ 30 — about the same as the copay for a doctor’s office visit under some insurance plans. (I could have gone to the health department and gotten the shot for free, but considering the health department’s appointment scheduling, the time you spend waiting to be seen once at the clinic, the parking situation, etc., it was just more convenient to go to the CVS Minute Clinic.)

What a DIFFERENT Minute Clinic experience! This time I really was in and out in just minutes! I think the key is definitely to get here early.
I arrived at 8:30AM, right as the Minute Clinic was opening, and waited maybe 3 minutes for them to finish setting up shop. Margie, the nurse practitioner on duty today, was super sweet and helpful. She asked all the right questions and performed the examination on my eyes, which were bothering me and the reason for my visit, quickly and efficiently. Turns out I have bacterial pink eye… wah waaaaaah (the wah waaaah was in Debbie Downer tone of course).
She sent my RX over to the pharmacy and within 10 minutes my prescription was ready.
I would have been out of CVS in under ½ hour, but I took some time to peruse the magazine shelf… of course ;)