Medina Hospital opens renovated ICU unit
Patients also monitored on camera feed
Medina Hospital and city leaders, including hospital President Dr. Richard Shewbridge (holding scissors) held a ribbon cutting Sept. 12 for the recently renovated intensive care unit, which cost $1.7 million. Those pictured included (left to right), Donielle Finding, nurse manager, Vicki Snyder, chief operating officer, Pam Miller of the Medina Hospital Foundation, Dr. Nadeem Rahman, Shewbridge, Mayor Dennis Hanwell and Julie Fetto, chief nursing officer. Photo by ALLISON WOOD
MEDINA – Medina Hospital and city leaders gathered to celebrate the completion of a $1.7 million renovation to the hospital’s intensive care unit Sept. 12.
The renovation included new flooring, cabinets, installation of bathrooms in each unit and patient lift systems in two rooms.
Dr. Richard Shewbridge, hospital president, said the new unit aims to make the ICU a more comfortable place for both caregivers and patients. This unit and others in the Clinic’s regional hospitals often means patients do not have to be transferred to main campus downtown.
The unit will still have a capacity of 12 patients and is staffed by around 30 nurses and has 2:1 ratio of patients to nurses, said Julie Fetto, chief nursing officer. The area stayed open throughout construction, with the project wrapping up about two weeks ago.
Each room will have a camera, which connects to a Cleveland Clinic facility in Beachwood where employees also monitor patients from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and can sound an alarm if necessary, said Dr. Nadeem Rahman, an anesthesiologist who is part of the eHospital program being used at Medina and nine other regional Clinic hospitals.
The two patient lifts were donated by the Medina Hospital Foundation at a cost of $30,000. Nursing Manager Donielle Finding said these lifts help patients who are not yet mobile to get onto their feet faster, which leads to better health outcomes.
The renovation included new flooring, cabinets, installation of bathrooms in each unit and patient lift systems in two rooms.
Dr. Richard Shewbridge, hospital president, said the new unit aims to make the ICU a more comfortable place for both caregivers and patients. This unit and others in the Clinic’s regional hospitals often means patients do not have to be transferred to main campus downtown.
The unit will still have a capacity of 12 patients and is staffed by around 30 nurses and has 2:1 ratio of patients to nurses, said Julie Fetto, chief nursing officer. The area stayed open throughout construction, with the project wrapping up about two weeks ago.
Each room will have a camera, which connects to a Cleveland Clinic facility in Beachwood where employees also monitor patients from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. and can sound an alarm if necessary, said Dr. Nadeem Rahman, an anesthesiologist who is part of the eHospital program being used at Medina and nine other regional Clinic hospitals.
The two patient lifts were donated by the Medina Hospital Foundation at a cost of $30,000. Nursing Manager Donielle Finding said these lifts help patients who are not yet mobile to get onto their feet faster, which leads to better health outcomes.