Leadership Team:
Nurse Director:
- Kelly Kalkhof, RN BSN
Associate Nurse Director:
- Heidi Thayer, RN, BSN
Clinical Nursing:
- Clinical Ladder: CN I – CN IV
Support Staffing:
- Case Management
- Patient Care Assistant
- Telemetry Technicians
- Unit Secretaries
5 South
The Cardiology Medical Telemetry Unit on 5 South has 48 beds, with 16 beds dedicated to arterial line capabilities and non-invasive blood pressure monitoring. Patients typically have a short length of stay, resulting in many admissions and discharges in a single day. The primary diagnoses managed by the 5 South staff are congestive heart failure, myocardial infarctions, interventions (stents), high-risk catherizations, ablations and pacemaker implants (both permanent and ICDS).
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Level of Care:
- Types of Patients: Medical/Cardiac
- Number of Beds on Unit: 48
- Nurse-Patient Ratio: 5:1, 8:1
Specialized Unit Technology:
- Equipment: Accudose, Alaris IV pumps with safety technology, wireless computers for bedside charting, Medication Administration check (MAC)
- Monitors: Centralized monitoring station with technology, viewing monitors at each substation
- Designated rooms for special patient needs, 16 bed Intervention Unit-bedside monitor
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Recruitment Opportunities:
- Student Nurse Intern Program
- Student Nurse to Patient Care Assistant
- Patient Care Assistant Sitters
- Nurse Assistant Training
