Critical Care
Neuroscience Unit (NSU)
Unit Charge Nurse
Phone: (616) 685-6562 or (616) 685-6561
Hours: 24 hours, 7 days a week
The NSU is a special care unit that provides continuous specialized
or intensive care on a 24-hour basis. Patients typically cared
for are those who require neuro-surgical intervention or intense
neurologic monitoring.
Each room is equipped to monitor heart rate, hemodynamic
pressures, intracranial pressure and pulse oximetry. Additionally,
temperature and respiration can be monitored. The centrally
located nursing station is equipped with a central arrhythmia
monitoring and trending system.
All patients within the Neuroscience Unit are visible from
the nursing station and from the patient cubicle within the
unit. The NSU has developed and implemented critical pathways
for stroke and laminectomy.
Services
- 24-Hour/7 Day a Week Intensivist Coverage
- ACLS Credentialed Nursing Staff
- Social Work and Pastoral Care Services
- Nurse Case Management Services
- Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Full Respiratory Care Services Including State-of-the
Art Ventilators, Bipap, Etc.
- ICP Monitoring
- Full Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Kinetic Therapy Consultation Support
- Full Rehabilitation Services
- Neuroscience Team Services (physical, occupational, case
manager, dietitian, social worker and pastoral care)
Referral & General Information
Administration
Medical Director, Critical Care Services
Phone: (616) 685-6554
Nurse Manager
Phone: (616) 685-6562
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