The third floor of Gibault Memorial Tower is home to Medical Surgery and Pediatrics. Our Medical Surgery Unit offers state-of-the-art resources for patients of all ages who have medical conditions or have had surgery.
Medical Surgery Unit includes:
Our pediatric unit is dedicated to the unique needs of children. Using the latest technology and state-of-the-art equipment, these private rooms are designed with the needs of our youngest patients and their families in mind.
30 Beds (25 Med-Surg Beds, 5 Exclusive Joint Replacement Beds)
This unit is an inpatient, adult medical-surgical unit that focuses primarily on surgical patients. We see a variety of different surgical patients from all disciplines including general surgery, urology, orthopedics, and podiatry. Our average length of stay is around 4-5 days for the typical surgical patient. Because surgical patients need to mobilize rather quickly after surgery, we work very closely with the Physical Medicine Department to facilitate early ambulation. The Joint Replacement Center functions somewhat independent from the general surgical population. These individuals are typically admitted on Monday mornings and discharged on Wednesday or Thursday. We utilize a set group of nursing and therapy staff for these individuals. The unit employs nurses, nursing assistants, multi-skilled workers and unit clerks.
16 Pre / Post-Op Beds, 4 Operating Rooms & 2 Procedure Rooms
Same Day Surgery includes general surgery, orthopedics, gynecologic (GYN), podiatry, pain management and ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgeries, as well as ambulatory surgery patients. The goal of the unit is to discharge these patients to their home after surgery. We also include a Phone-Admission Testing department where we phone all surgery patients that will have anesthesia for a medical history before surgery day.
20 Beds
LaSalle provides care for patients 18 years and older who have been diagnosed with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, substance abuse, dementia and other mental illnesses. Nurses, psychiatric techs, therapists, and psychiatrists work closely to return individuals to their optimal functioning and collaborate with our outpatient counterparts for continued success after discharge.
20 Beds
Emergency RN’s are required to have BLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC and ENPC. We do self-scheduling—which gives our staff greater control of life/work balance. We see adult and pediatric patients. We are a Level III Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons, and have a SANE program, which consists of 4 Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners at this time who take call 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
25 Beds
Patients in Inpatient Rehab are physically and medically rehabilitating from debilitating illness and/or injury. Many caregivers must work together to provide and coordinate care for the patients in this unit. To be accepted to the Inpatient Rehab Unit, patients must require 24-hour nursing care and be able to tolerate at least three hours of therapy (physical, occupational and/or speech) a day.
All beds and baths are now private in a newly renovated space. One room will be a transitional living apartment where patients will “practice” living in their own home again. Patients are in the unit anywhere from one week to several months depending on the nature of their recovery. The goal is to get patients healthy and strong enough to return home.
4 Labor / Delivery / Recovery Rooms & 10 Post-Partum / GYN Rooms
The Women and Infant’s Center provides care for obstetrical patients, newborns (up to 28 days of age), and gynecological patients. The unit is housed on the 5th floor of Gibault Memorial at Good Samaritan. Occasionally, non-infectious overflow patients are placed on the unit for care when the hospital census is high.
The Women and Infant’s Center experiences approximately 450-550 deliveries annually. The areas are OB/GYN, Labor and Delivery and Newborn Nursery. Patients can expect to have a full range of services from:
We have 4 designated rooms for pediatric patients, due to the small pediatric population in our area. The medical patient diagnosis that we typically care for are:
This is a busy unit which makes it a great starting place for new nurses. There is always something new to see providing the opportunity to gain a vast amount of knowledge on numerous disease processes.
Hospice is a special kind of care for the dying patient, their families, and caregivers. It treats physical, emotional and spiritual needs. The care can take place at home, nursing facility or hospital setting. The care concentrates on making patients pain free and as comfortable as they want to be so they can make the most of the time that remains to them. Hospice patients are living with a wide range of diagnoses including heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s and lung disease. However, regardless of a patient’s condition or age, hospices open their doors and their hearts to all persons diagnosed with life-limiting illnesses.
5 Surgery Suites & 2 Genitourinary Rooms
Our Surgery Department is an ever-changing world. We have state-of-the-art equipment to keep us on the cutting edge of medical technology. This allows us to treat more patients with less invasive surgeries. We have five surgery suites and two genitourinary rooms as well. We staff in-house from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm, with staff alternating call after 9:00 pm and on the weekends. We service several specialties such as general, gynecological (GYN), genitourinary (GU), orthopedics, ortho spine, podiatry, ear, nose and throat (ENT), breast and vascular. Co-workers are relied on heavily in this department. We work hand-in-hand with physicians and several other departments for the best outcomes of our patients.
5 Surgery Suites & 2 Genitourinary Rooms
The Trauma Program is a quality improvement program that stretches from injury prevention through the rehab phase of trauma care. We employ two RN’s as well as two clerical staff members. Part of the process is reviewing charts, tracking issues and providing education for pre-hospital providers, nurses, and physicians. The goal of the trauma program is to work within a statewide trauma system to assure that patients receive the right care, at the right place, at the right time. Good Samaritan is a Level III Trauma Center.
30 Bed Acuity-Adaptable, Level 1 & Level 2 Patient Care Unit
Six of the rooms have booms or moveable columns to fit the needs of the highest acuity and ventilator patients. These booms have a lift system with a 1,000-pound capacity and slings for transfer or positioning for a procedure. Fourteen beds have the capacity to do in-room hemodialysis with a dialysis RN. Common diagnosis for ICU are: cardiac/respiratory arrest, acute myocardial infarction (MI), heart failure, acute kidney failure, sepsis, pneumonia, overdoses, arrhythmias, cerebral vascular accident (CVA/RO), hypertensive crisis, endocrine and diabetic crisis, chest pain/RO MI, post trauma and post-surgical or cardiac cath care. Along with orientation, ACLS and PALS are provided to our new nurses. Other members of the ICU team include the shift coordinator, clinical nurse specialist, charge nurse, transition-of-care RN, CNA’s, unit clerks, monitor techs and student nurse extern’s, along with a variety of essential departments to provide exceptional care to our critical patients.
14 Beds
The Clinical Decision Unit is designed to allow patients to receive an extended evaluation through observation. The purpose of this unit is to determine the need for further treatment, inpatient admission or discharge to home. The quality of medical care is also improved through extended evaluation and treatment while reducing inappropriate admissions and health care costs. The average length of stay for these patients is 4-48 hours.
The CDU also preps and recovers cath lab patients, as well as provides simple outpatient treatments that have been ordered by a health care provider.
10 Beds
This unit consists of ten beds and is housed on the fifth floor of the Gibault Memorial Building. Care is provided by a staff of registered nurses with special training in the care of the patients requiring oncology or hospice services and trained support personnel. All services provided are in accordance with established hospital policies and follow guidelines of the Oncology Nursing Society and Infusion Nurses Society.
A multi-disciplinary cancer care team will be utilized to educate patients, to actively participate in their care, and to offer support to both patients and their caregivers as partners in the healing process. Special services particular to this area include: