Leadership Team:
Nurse Director:
- Karen Virgilio, RN
Associate Nurse Director:
- Melissa Harris, RN
Clinical Nursing:
- Clinical Ladder: CN I – CN IV
Support Staffing:
- Patient Care Assistants
- Unit Secretaries
- Case Management
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Pain Management
4 South & Hip and Knee Unit
The 4 South and Hip and Knee Unit employs a multidisciplinary approach to patient and family care, and is dedicated to helping patients learn more about their specific problems and what can be done to help alleviate their pain and return to an active lifestyle. The staff provides extensive preoperative education to complement its highly individualized and specialized postoperative care.
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Level of Care:
- Types of patients: Orthopedic, Trauma, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuro-trauma
- Number of Beds: 48 on 4 South
- Number of Beds: 11 on Hip and Knee Center
- Average Daily Census: 46 on 4 South and 6 on Hip and Knee Center
- Nurse-Patient Ratio: 5:1 on days, 5:1 on evenings, and 8:1 on nights
- PCA Patient Ratio: 6:1 days, 6:1 evening, and 12:1 nights
Specialized Unit Technology:
- Equipment: Remote telemetry, specialized orthopedic equipment
- Designated rooms for special needs: One room for monitoring seizures
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Recruitment Opportunities:
- Collaboration with the RN, LPN, and Patient Care Assistant programs in the area
- Student intern program
- Student nurse working as Patient Care Assistants
- Patient Care Assistant Sitters
- Nurse Assistant training
