It offers acute and intermediate nursing home care as well as custodial care for the aged. A primary-care clinic is on the premises. This facility serves underinsured and uninsured residents and also serves as a training site for Eastern Carolina University nurse practitioner students. The clinic employs a nurse-practitioner, a patient representative and a licensed practical nurse. It's open from 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday.
Appointments are preferred.
For more information, see the New Bern Healthcare chapter. This hospital is used by some residents of western Carteret County because Jacksonville is only about 20 miles from Swansboro. Considerable remodeling has improved the hospital's efficiency by relocating outpatient and administrative services. The hospital houses its own poison control unit and has physicians on staff with a variety of specialties. This large facility is affiliated with the East Carolina University School of Medicine and East Carolina Children's Hospital.