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Acute Care Medicine provides a variety of services to patients, families/significant others and students. Our patient population ranges from adult sized adolescents to geriatric. Types of patients served: Internal medicine patients and associated sub-specialties including Renal, Gastrointestinal, Pulmonary, Hepatology, Infectious Disease, Endocrine and Gerontology.
The medical procedures performed on the unit include:
- paracentesis,
- thoracentesis,
- central line insertion,
- chest tube insertion and
- bone marrow biopsy.
In addition to providing routine care based on established patient care standards, nurses on this unit assess and monitor patients before and after diagnostic testing, PEG/J placement, biopsies and angiography/catheter-ization. They also are responsible for performing CAPD and for caring for patients in negative pressure isolation.
Common diagnoses on the unit include, but are not limited to,
- congestive heart failure,
- hypertension,
- pancreatitis,
- COPD
- asthma,
- bronchitis,
- UTI
- acute and end-stage renal failure,
- liver failure,
- complications of HIV,
- Diabetes,
- cellulitis,
- connective tissue disorders and
- Tuberculosis.
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November 20, 2009
Conference: 10th Annual Heart Matters Cardiothoracic/Cardiology Nursing & Allied Health Conference
December 3 - 4, 2009
Workshop: Critical Care End-of-Life Education Consortium (ELNEC) Workshop
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