Department Overviews

• Med/Surg–Offers 24/7 quality patient care; meeting the JCAHO standards for Patient Rights/Ethics, Patient Safety, Infection Control, Provision of Care, Process Improvements, Laboratory and Medication Management. The department has approximately 2000 patient admissions go through the department every year.
• One East is unique from similar departments at other hospitals because of the type of patients. In addition to Med/Surg, they also offer nursing care to both pediatric and orthopaedic patients. This high quality of care which can be provided to such a wide range of ages is one of the department's greatest strengths.
• There are 33 beds in One East; two of these rooms are designated for bariatric patients. Several of the rooms in One East are intended for use by orthopaedic patients. Several rooms are designated for pediatric patients.
• Med/Surg–Two East offers 24/7 nursing care; meeting the JCAHO standards for Patient Rights/Ethics, Patient Safety, Infection Control, Provision of Care, Process Improvements, Laboratory and Medication Management. The department has approximately 2000 patient admissions to go through their department every year.
• Two East is unique from similar departments at other hospitals because of the type of patients that they treat. In addition to Med/Surg they also offer nursing care to oncology patients.
• There are 43 beds in Two East; nine of them are set aside for oncology patients, two of which are suites where the family is able to stay in the room attached to the patients'.
• Med/Surg areas use a computerized system to document patient information. This program was designed in Meditech by a group of nurses employed at BAMC.
• The employee's of both One and Two East exhibit a strong work ethic, collaborate as a team and strive to provide excellent patient care.
• Current initiatives include increasing patient satisfaction by hourly patient rounding and discharge callbacks.

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