CHATUGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL
NURSING STAFF
Purpose:
The purpose of the nursing department is to provide quality Nursing care to the residents of Towns County, including but not limited to emergency care, outpatient care, medical/surgical care, intensive care, swing bed services and long term care.
Qualifications:
All patient care is supervised by Licensed Registered Nurses.
The nurses receive additional educational opportunies for their specialty areas.Including but not limited to BLS, ACLS, PALS and Longterm MDS certification.
Location/Patients Beds/Services
The Emergency Department has six beds with 24 hour nursing/MD support.
The Outpatient Department offers GI services, one day per week and outpatient nurses are available Monday through Friday and provide an array of services: IV antibiotic administration, catheter insertion, wound care.
This year we have become a participant in Telemedicine. This allows local residents to come to Chatuge Regional Hospital and see a specialist via telecommunications. It provides a in-person checkup to be conducted from remote locations.
Medical/Surgical/Swing bed is on the 1st floor of the Hospital and has 25 beds. We have the ability to provide telemetry to 10 patients.
The Intensive Care Unit is a three bed unit with full critical care services. The ICU is located next to the medical surgical unit.
The nursing staff, both at the hospital and nursing home, work together to provide continuity of care for the residents and patients of Chatuge Regional Hospital and Nursing Home.
SWING BED PROGRAM
The Swing Bed Program is a service provided by Chatuge Regional Hospital that provides another level of careother than the acute care setting. It is a setting that bridges the gap from hospital to home or a long term facility. These patients require skilled care that must be provided by or under the supervision of professional personnel.
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Respiratory Therapy Department
The respiratory therapy department is a full service dapartment. Treating Asthma, COPD, Emphysema, Croup, Pneumonia, Flu and all types of respiratory diseases. We do Nebulizers, Chest Physiotherapy, Flutter Therapy, Croup Tents and CPR on patients with heart failure, and respiratory failure. We also do Bipap and Ventilator care for people unable to breathe. We have an outpatient department that does Pulmonary Function Testing, as well as Peak Flows to determine your lung capacity. We also have information on smoking. We have a sleep lab that diagnosis sleep apnea and all sleep disorders. Our hours for the sleep lab is Tuesdays and Wednesdays 8pm-6am. Our hours for out patients is Monday thru Friday 8am to 5pm. The respiratory department is covered 24 hours a day.
