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Darlene Norton, RN, CLNC, Verum Dictum, Inc., Michigan Legal Nurse Consultants:"Legal Nurse Consulting in the areas of: Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Toxic Tort and Environmental, Criminal, Products Liability and Class Action Suits."
964 Sugarbush Lane Beulah, Michigan 49617

Contact person: Darleen Norton, President
Phone number: (231) 590-3123
E-mail Address: NurseNorton@hotmail.com
http://www.legalnursingconsultant.org/norton

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Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) Hospital Units:

Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU), Banner Baywood Heart Hospital:"The 28 bed Cardiovascular ICU (CVICU) provides total patient care to critically ill surgical and medical cardiovascular patients. Additionally, The CVICU provides post anesthesia care to surgical patients. Banner Baywood Heart Hospital is a specialty hospital built to support the care of the cardiovascular and cardiology patient population. A multidisciplinary team provides care in a collaborative model, in a setting that supports a healing environment and alternative care philosophies. The multidisciplinary team consists of, but not limited to: physicians, nursing, respiratory therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, cardiac rehab, nutritional support, case management, social work, pharmacy, and pastoral care."
Banner Baywood Heart Hospital
6750 E. Baywood Ave. Mesa, AZ 85207
(480) 854-5000
http://www.bannerhealth.com/channels/Careers/locations/arizona/facilityprofiles/heart+careers/cvicu+profile.asp

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Carle Foundation Hospital:"The CVICU is a 12 bed, private room ICU set up for the convenience of the nursing staff, centrally located nurses' station with state of the art monitoring equipment. The focus is providing excellence in care to high acuity patients and their families. The CVICU works in cooperation with one of the most advance Cardiac Cath. Labs in the area and with surgeons who perform some of the newest cutting-edge procedures. The Surgical Intensive Care Unit works closely with CVICU to provide care for complex medical and trauma patients. The primary goals of CVICU are to continue to be seen as the units that provide premium-nursing care and to support each other with dedicated teamwork."
Carle Foundation Hospital
The Carle Foundation
611 West Park St. · Urbana IL 61801
(217) 383-4000 · Fax Number (217) 383-3373
Email address: Foundation.HR@carle.com
http://www.carle.com/cfh/employment/HospJobDesc.asp?id=1322

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Cleveland Clinic, Cardiovascular Intensive Care Units (CVICUs), Cleveland Clinic:"The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Units (CVICUs) are under the direction of Jean-Pierre Yared, M.D., Anesthesiologist and Critical Care Physician. Additionaly, four Staff Anesthesiologists with Critical Care Certification provide daily clinical management in the CVICUs. There are a total of 55 CVICU beds which are divided into 5 manageable units. The CVICUs support over 13,000 patient days per year. Clinical management is co-primary with the Cardiovascular Surgeons. This collaborative structure enables the CVICU Staff to determine several aspects of patient management such as ventilatory support, sedation, nutrition and monitoring. CVICU Staff also play a key role in coordinating postoperative care between services. Staff provide follow-up on the regular nursing floor for patients with respiratory complications. Presently the CVICUs are staffed exclusively with physicians who have completed their Critical Care Training. Approximately 50 Respiratory Therapists work in the CVICUs and are directly supervised by the CVICU Staff. Fellowships are available."
3100 Weston Road Weston, FL 33331
954/689-5000 Toll-free: 800/428-0414
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/anesthesia/division/ccu.htm

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Children's Hospital Boston Physician to lead LPCH's Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital:"The CVICU is the center of pre- and post-surgical care for children with congenital and acquired heart disease. Besides overseeing patient care in the CVICU, Roth will be developing new hospital programs focusing on clinical care, research and training in the subspecialty of pediatric cardiac intensive care. Roth will also be appointed an associate professor of pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine."
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
725 Welch Road Palo Alto, California 94304
(650) 497-8000
http://www.lpch.org/newsEvents/newsReleases/cvicuLeader.html

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Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), St. Michael's Hospital:"The Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit with 13 beds determines its population in close cooperation with the provincial agency The Cardiac Care Network of Ontario. Specific targets are set at the Ontario Ministry of Health. Typically, there are approximately 1200 admissions per year with a relatively high proportion of higher risk and complex surgical patients. Weighted cases in 2001/2 were 6,183 with 60% elective cases and an average LOS of 3.5 days."
St. Michael's Hospital
30 Bond Street Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8
Canada
Tel: (416) 360-4000
http://www.stmichaelshospital.com/Content/Programs/critical_units.asp

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Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics:"Patient population: Adults with cardiovascular illnesses including myocardial infarction, cardiogenic shock, heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, post cardiac/respiratory arrest, post coronary interventions, and other life-threatening conditions including renal failure, sepsis, and respiratory failure. Services/treatments offered: Full range of ICU services--all IV drips, ventilators, hemodynamic monitoring, intra-aortic balloon pumping. Skill mix: 88% registered nurses, 12% nursing assistants."
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City, Iowa 52242
1-800-777-8442
http://www.uihealthcare.org/Clinic.aspx?id=3484

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Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU), University of Tennessee Medical Center:"Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU) is a ten bed adult critical care unit consisting predominately of patients who have undergone open heart surgery (both CABG and valve), aortic aneurysm repair, carotid endarterectomy, femoral bypasses and other post-surgical cardiac and vascular procedures requiring intensive hemodynamic monitoring and nursing observation."
The University of Tennessee Medical Center
1924 Alcoa Highway Knoxville, Tennessee 37920-6969
865-544-9000, Webtech@mc.utmck.edu
http://www.utmedicalcenter.org/DepartmentSystem/

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