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Surgical Cardiac Progressive Care (F6) Unit F6 is a 30 bed adult inpatient unit specializing in the care and treatment of patients on the Cardiology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Vascular Surgery teams. The adult patients are age 18 and older. Patients are routinely admitted to F6 for chest pain, post Cardiac Catheterization, post Percutaneous Coronary Interventions, and post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft. F6 serves as a women’s health off-service placement area. Adolescent patients are accepted for the women’s health population, but couplet care is not permitted. The patient population originates through the Emergency Department, Outpatient clinics, transfers from outside facilities, and transfers from other units/departments at UAMS.Surgical Specialties (H6) This 30-bed unit provides care to adult and adolescent patients with surgical conditions. Orthopedic procedures include digit and limb re-implantation, joint replacement, re-constructive surgery, the latest in internal and external fixation of fractures and other traumatic injuries. In addition, nurses care for extensive Head and Neck (ENT) patients, for large wounds, including muscle flaps, as well as for general surgical, surgical oncology, and gyn oncology patients. The experienced primary nurse will care for patients with tracheostomies, free flaps, chest tubes, stomas, wound vacs and abcess drains, TPN or pegs, as well as manage other complicted interventions. The needs of the surgical patient bring together the physician, nurse, social worker, rehabilitation specialists, ET nurse, respiratory therapist, psychiatric nurse, patient educator and case manager for a multidisciplinary approach to care.Neurology/Neurosurgery This 16-bed unit provides state of the art care to neurology and neurosurgical patients. Services offered include a Seizure Monitoring Program. Nurses along with the multi-disciplinary team become involved from acute illness to initial rehabilitation for patients experiencing chronic pain, aneurysms, brain tumors, A.V. malformations, spinal cord injuries, multiple trauma, Myasthenia Gravis, neuropathies and cerebral vascular injuries.
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