Nursing Care Coordination Department

Care Coordination consists of two different groups- Inpatient Care Coordination Nurses/ Discharge Planners and the Float Pool. 

The Care Coordination Nurses are assigned to either a unit or a particular population of patients. They work collaboratively with the providers and multi-disciplinary teams to provide education for patients and families, arrange transport to other facilities or home setting if needed, and set up post-discharge services (e.g., home health, DME, follow up appointments, outpatient testing, obtaining prescriptions or medications prior to discharge, and communicate with the primary care providers post discharge).  

The areas served by Care Coordination Nurses include:

• Pediatric Hospital Medicine Group
• Complex Care Team/Clinic
• CV Services
• NICU
• Rehab/Ortho/ and Epilepsy unit
• Pulmonary Unit
• Diabetic Education for new onset patients
• Neurology
• Renal
• Behavioral Health

Float Pool staff consist of RN’s and Clinical Assistants that are used as supplemental staffing for the inpatient units during times of vacancies or high census. There are two different tracks in the float pool. Acute care Float Pool RN’s may float to any acute or intermediate care area.  Critical Care RN’s float to any inpatient area as needed.