Leadership Team
Nurse Director:
- Darlene Rihel, RN, MSN
Associate Nurse Director:
- Amy Beckman, RN, BSN
Clinical Nursing:
- Clinical Ladder: CN I – CN IV
Support Staffing:
- Unit Secretaries
- Patient Care Assistants
- Care Managers
3 South Inpatient
3 South is a 25 bed Medical/Surgical unit that serves a diverse patient population. The unit serves many surgical specialties including general surgery, colorectal, urology, plastic surgery, otorhinolaryngology, and orthopaedics. We also care for post-procedural patients, patients with low-risk chest pain with flex telemetry, and overflow outpatients requiring infusions and/or transfusions.
Due to the nature of the patients we care for, our unit can be very fast paced requiring our staff to work very closely with one another. We pride ourselves in our excellent patient care and service excellence.
3 South provides exciting opportunities to practice nursing as a new grad or experienced nurse. Our Employee Engagement Committee has organized celebrations as well as community service projects.
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Level of Care:
- Types of patients: Medical/Surgical, a little bit of several different specialties
- (Infusions (weekend), Low risk CP, plastics, general surgery, urology, colon/rectal)
- Number of Beds on Unit: 25
- Average daily census: 25
- Nurse – patient ratio: 1:5 on days/evenings, 1:5 or 1:6 on nights
Specialized Unit Technology:
- Equipment: Patient Controlled Analgesia Pumps, Alaris® pumps, Pulse oximetry, Medication Administration Check System, Epidura/pumps wound vacs
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Recruitment Opportunities:
- Student Nurse Intern Program
- Student nurse to Patient Care Assistant
- Patient Care Assistant Sitters
- Nurse Assistant Training Program
- Shadowing Experience
