10 East (10E)
Unit specialty is cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery, and vascular surgery. The bed capacity is 32 with 14 floor and 18 step-down. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:5 for the floor and 1:3 for the step-down. Types of patients on this unit include chest pain, acute MIs, dysrhythmias, CHF, post-op coronary artery bypass, CEA, ICDs, PTCA/Stent, and post-op lungs. The unit houses the telemetry surveillance center responsible for monitoring up to 192 in house patients
10 West (10W)
Unit specialty is cardiology, cardio-thoracic surgery. The bed capacity is 15 step-down and 10 ICU. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:3 for the step-down. Types of patients on this unit include chest pain, acute MIs, dysrhythmias, CHF, post-op coronary artery bypass, CEA, ICDs, PTCA/Stent, and post-op lungs.
SNU/Skilled Nursing Unit
Unit specialty is skilled nursing. The bed capacity is 20. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:6-7. Types of patients on this unit include rehab/restorative care to long term antibiotic therapy, palliative care, and wound care.
9 East (9E)
Unit specialty is neurology and neurosurgery. The bed capacity is 33 with 23 floor and 9 step-down. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:6 for the floor and 1:3 for the step-down. This unit has video EEG rooms. Types of patients on this unit include seizures, trans ischemic attacks, strokes, sub-arachnoid hemorrhage, brain tumors with craniotomies, cervical discectomies, and laminectomies.
9 West/Oncology Center (9W)
Unit specialty is adult hematology/oncology. The bed capacity is 20. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:6. Types of patients on this unit include leukemia, lung cancer, Hodgkin’s disease, Non-Hodgkin’s disease, lymphomas, breast cancer, gynecology/oncology, triage care for neutropenic fevers and outpatient services such as dressing changes, injections, (G-CSF injection), blood transfusion and lab draws.
Blood and Marrow Transplant Unit (BMTU)
Unit specialty is adult oncology transplantation. The bed capacity is 12. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:3. Types of patients on this unit include Autologous and allogeneic transplantation, stem cell transplantation, matched unrelated donor transplantation, and syngeneic transplantation. Other services include: high dose chemotherapy, total body irradiation, Leukopheresis, and stem cell apheresis. In addition, outpatient services (BMOP patients) are provided including but not limited to apheresis and transplantation.
7 East (7E)
Unit specialty is trauma, general surgery, surgery oncology, and oral surgery. The bed capacity is 33 with 24 floor and 9 step-down. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:5 for the floor and 1:3 for the step-down. Types of patients include motor vehicle accidents, falls, gun shot wounds, colon resections, cholecystectomy, appendectomy, Nissen (lap), gastric bypass (lap and open), thyroidectomy, mastectomy, Whipple procedure, facial facture repairs.
7 West (7W)
Unit specialty is orthopedic surgery, plastic surgery, and ophthalmology surgery. The bed capacity is 31. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:5-6. Types of patients include total hip replacement, total knee replacement, ankle, femur and shoulder repairs, split -thickness-skin grafts, breast reconstruction, and medical surgical over-flow patients.
6 East/Pediatrics (6E)
Unit specialty is medical/surgical pediatrics. The bed capacity is 27. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:5.
Types of patients include oncology, cardiac, cystic fibrosis, anorexic, and diabetes.
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Unit specialty is complex cardiac surgery and trauma. The bed capacity is 19, which included ICU and Step Down beds. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:2 for ICU and 1:3 - 4 for step down. Types of patients include post-op, medical/surgical management of all pediatric subspecialties.
Newborn Intensive Care (NICU)
Unit specialty is critical care management of premature infants. The bed capacity is 32 with 20 intensive and 12 transitional. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:2 for intensive, 1:4 for intermediate, and 1:5-6 for transitional. Types of patients include premature infants.
Maternal and Infant Care Center (MICC)
Unit specialty is maternity care from conception through delivery. The unit consists of 8 LDR/5 LDRP, and 17 antepartum/postpartum rooms. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:6 for pre/post delivery and 1:1 for active labor. Types of patients include high-risk obstetrics and term deliveries.
Medical/Surgical Intensive Care (MICU/SICU)
Unit specialty is surgery/medicine. The bed capacity is 12 SICU and 18 MICU. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:2-1 per criteria. Types of patients include trauma, neurosurgery, vascular, general surgery, general medicine, stroke, pulmonary, metabolic disease and renal disease
Cardiac Care/Cardio Thoracic Intensive Care (CTU/CCU)
Unit specialty is cardiology and cardio thoracic surgery. The bed capacity is 16. The nurse to patient ratio is 1:2-1 per criteria. Types of patients include myocardial infarction, cardiac procedures, cardiac disorder and post operative CABGs, valves, thoracotomies.
Care Management
The Care Management Department serves all patient populations at WVUH. RNs work as Clinical Care Coordinators and Outcome Managers. Clinical Care Coordinators, Outcomes Managers, and Social Workers within the Department collaborate with physicians, nurses, and other members of the health care team to assist patients and families with their discharge from the hospital. The department works closely with insurance companies to help ensure a patient’s hospital stay is approved for payment and any services needed upon discharge from the hospital are approved for payment
Peri-Operative Services
Unit specialty is surgical services inclusive of open-heart preparation and recovery for operative patients. There
are 18 main ORs, 30 main recovery, 8 outpatient ORs, 2 cystoscopy suites, 61 pre/post outpatient recovery, and 4 endoscopy suites. Types of patients include surgical services for adults and children from T&A's to open-heart surgery and transplantation services: kidney and bone marrow transplant. Additional services provided are pain procedures and recovery of patients after interventional radiology
Emergency Department (ED)
Unit specialty is adult and pediatric emergency services, Level I Trauma Center, Primary Stroke Center, Medical Command and Emergency Air Transport service. There are 26 treatment rooms and state of the art resuscitation rooms which were just completed in 2006.
Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center (MBRCC)
Unit specialty is adult outpatient oncology services. There are 17 exam rooms and 13 treatment rooms. Types of patients include patients with primary diagnosis of breast cancer, lung cancer, lymphomas, hematological disorders, brain tumors, and leukemia. The clinic also provides services to gynecology/oncology, surgical/oncology, dermatology for skin cancers and MOHS surgery, blood and marrow transplantation/hematologic malignancies, and hematology/oncology. The clinic provides multidisciplinary clinics for lung and breast cancers, blood and marrow trasplantation/hematologic malignancies, and brain tumors. Other services include: colposcopy, blood transfusion, lab draws, line care, chemotherapy administration, injections, and fluid hydration.
Chestnut Ridge Center (CRC)
Chestnut Ridge Hospital specialty is psychiatric and chemical dependency. The hospital consists of an acute adolescent unit, adult unit, dual diagnosis unit and psychiatric intensive care unit. It also has a residential treatment center and a day hospital.
Nursing Resource Pool
Nurses are assigned to work on critical care or medical surgical units based on their skill set.
