As COVID-19 was making headlines and spreading rapidly around the world, nurse practitioner TaQuita Taylor saw a need in Indianapolis.
Chain pharmacies, like the CVS Minute Clinic where she worked at the time, offered convenient care for things like vaccinations and COVID tests. But there weren’t many urgent care options for families with young children, including those under 5 years old and babies under 18 months.
“I have always had a passion to work with kids,” Taylor said.
When kids are sick, she said, things like getting a shot or a throat swab are scary. Pediatric-focused urgent care makes those interactions more kid-friendly — from the way the nurses talk to them all the way down to the grape-flavored tongue depressors…