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Peri-Operative Nursing

This area is comprised of the Pre-Admission Testing Center, 手术中心, Post Anesthesia Care Unit, and a 10 room operating suite.

Pre-Admission Testing Center

Located in the Diagnostic Center on our Community Campus, this department streamlines a patient's admission process prior to elective surgery. Here the patient is interviewed by a registered nurse who reviews their health history, 药物, and completes all necessary paperwork, as well as beginning to develop an individualized nursing plan of care. The center will facilitate EKGs, 胸部x光片, 实验室测试, and other diagnostic tests when ordered by the physician, along with pre-operative teaching.

手术中心

This 18 room pre-surgical unit admits and prepares surgical patients and their families for surgical procedures that require anesthesia, including same day surgery, (outpatient) one day surgery, and inpatient admission surgery.

Outpatient one-day surgery patients are recovered in the PACU and discharged home from 手术中心. We also offer a 4 bed outpatient infusion service (OPIS) in which some chemotherapies and blood products are transfused, and a mini surgery suite that supports outpatient minor surgical procedures.

Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)

This is a 10 bed unit specializing in the acute recovery of patients undergoing general or regional anesthesia after surgical procedures. All RN staff maintain ACLS certification and has successfully achieved Basic Coronary Care (BCC) certification. This department is a critical care environment, providing nursing care in collaboration with the surgical and anesthesia teams. PACU also provides nursing support to Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE), 血补丁, 神经阻断, 和复律法.

手术室

Our operating room is comprised of 10 theatres performing surgical procedures including general surgery, ENT, 整形外科, 妇科和妇科. Specialty services provided include our Center of 卓越 Bariatric (weight loss) surgeries and robotic surgeries for gynecological, 泌尿生殖器的, orthopedic as well as general surgery procedures. 每个专业, under the direction of an RN service line coordinator and in collaboration with the surgeons, incorporates the latest in surgical technology equipment and techniques to provide cutting edge care to our patient population.