Tower Florida Hospital's 7 tower is a 39 bed fast paced cardiac and vascular specialty unit. Our Vascular patients consists of fem pop, pvd, thoractomy, bowel resection, etc.
All rooms are private with showers in each.
IV drips include Dopamine, Dobutrex, Cardizem, Pronesty, Heparin, Aggrstat, Integrlin, and NTG for CP, not for BP control are utilized. The patients are monitored continuously on Hewlett Packard Virida monitors. We have a centralized monitor station with a monitor tech for each shift. We utilize patient care technicians 7a-7p to help with ADL's, vital signs, accu checks, admissions and discharges. We use hand written nurse notes but are going to charting by exception.