Our primary focus is on meeting the complex postoperative needs of adult patients and their families following gastrointestinal, genitourinary and gynecologic surgery, though our expertise also extends to patients undergoing breast and orthopedic surgery. We also have the opportunity of caring for patients who have experienced a wide variety of surgeries, so our surgical post op care is not limited. 1 Central is a 12 bed adjult medical oncology unit, all types of medical disease processes are treated on this unit from chemotherapy to symton management, we also sometimes care for surgical overflow patients and radiation patients. As Needed Provide primary patient care services to patients referred to the Palliative Care. We care for all medical oncology disease processes as well as administer phase 1 research chemotherapy.
All Shifts Provide quality nursing care to inpatients while undergoing mentorship.
Time - Days Assist nurses with patient care on inpatient basis. To transport patients and equipment safely throughout the hospital. To provide secretarial support to the 3 South inpatient unit. Our hospital is on the cutting edge of oncology treatment and has one of the best nurse patient ratios nationally. Specialty areas include surgery, intensive care, ambulatory care and palliative care.