CONVERSION ADDS NEEDED HOSPITAL BEDS ACUTE-CARE PATIENTS GET MORE SPACE.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - Earlier this month, Roger Seaver, president and chief executive of Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, stood among employees who helped develop the hospital's newest unit and congratulated them on the opening. Seaver said 27 previously unused beds in the facility's Pavilion building were converted into the new wing that increases the hospital's capacity to serve acute-care patients by 20 percent. ``Previously, we weren't configured con·fig·ure tr.v. con·fig·ured, con·fig·ur·ing, con·fig·ures To design, arrange, set up, or shape with a view to specific applications or uses: quite right,'' Seaver said. ``We had a 54-bed transitional care This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. unit, which is far larger than what is actually needed in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. .'' At least half of those transitional-care beds were consistently unoccupied, while the hospital's acute-care beds were always full, he said. The conversion will help the hospital meet more of the local community's needs, Seaver said. ``You have done an amazing a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. job getting this unit ready,'' said Chief Nursing Officer Diane Lynch to the room full of hospital staff. ``I want you to know that I personally thank each and every one of you. I'm very proud of you.'' One of the primary areas of focus in the new Med Surg IV nursing unit will be care for cancer patients. The new unit's staff includes nurses who specialize spe·cial·ize v. 1. To limit one's profession to a particular specialty or subject area for study, research, or treatment. 2. To adapt to a particular function or environment. in oncology oncology /on·col·o·gy/ (ong-kol´ah-je) the sum of knowledge regarding tumors; the study of tumors. on·col·o·gy n. . To learn about the hospital's latest news, visit www.henrymayo.com. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Roger Seaver, far right, the chief executive officer, and other staffers gather to celebrate the opening of a new acute-care nursing wing at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital. |
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