Nursing Departments

Intensive Care Unit
The Intensive Care Unit is a five-bed multidisciplinary care unit located on the second floor of the Labette Health. The Intensive Care Unit specializes in the comprehensive care of critically ill patients using some of the latest in medical technology including state of the art cardiac monitoring equipment and ventilator systems. All rooms are private rooms and can be viewed from the nurses station. Each bed has a monitor attached to the central monitor for constant monitoring at the nurses station. Nursing care is provided by a specially trained Registered Nurse. Other team members included in the patient care is respiratory therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietary, social services and pharmacy.

Visitors are allowed and are an important part of the healing process. However, visitors are requested to call the nurses station prior to entering the Intensive Care Unit.

3 North Surgical Unit
3 North is a 16 bed patient care unit located on the 3rd floor of Labette Health. 3 North has ten (10) private rooms and three (3) semi-private rooms. Usual types of patients seen include general surgical, and orthopedic patients. Each patient is assigned to a Registered Nurse to work with the physician and other health care team members to promote healing, prevent complications and to focus on pain management.

Many patients opt to participate in the Rapid Recovery Joint Replacement Program for their elective total joint replacement. This is a participative program in which the patient and their coach attend a preparative class before the surgery to meet members of the health care team and learn about the program from admission to discharge. The multidisciplinary program which includes group therapy provided by physical therapists helps to reduce recovery time and shorten hospital stays.

2 North/Medical/Telemetry/Pediatric
2 North is a 24 bed patient care unit with cardiac monitoring capabilities using telemetry units which are monitored at the nurses station. 2 North is located on the second floor of Labette Health and has nine semi-private rooms and six private rooms. This area serves patients from pediatrics to geriatrics. Care is delivered 24 hours a day and each patient is assigned to a registered nurse to work with the physician and other health care team members to promote healing.