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General Information
“3 Henson” is a general medical nursing unit that specializes in treating children with infectious diseases.
Our common winter diagnoses include:
- RSV
- Influenza
- Pneumonia
- Adenovirus
- Croup
- Pertussis
- Asthma Exacerbation
- Seizure Disorders
- Bronchiolitis
Our common summer diagnoses include:
- Meningitis
- Febrile Illness
- Kawasaki
- Cellulites
- Eczema
- Rotavirus
- Superinfected or complications of Chicken Pox
- Gastroenteritis
We are a 16-bed unit featuring:
- Rooms with negative air pressure to isolate airborne diseases. All rooms can be isolation rooms.
- Two rooms contain anterooms which have double doors and a special ventilation system. These rooms are used for highly contagious diseases or special isolation circumstances, e.g., TB or Chicken Pox.
- All patient rooms are private.
We also staff 3 West, the Observation Unit, a 13-bed unit caring for short-stay, minor procedure, post-operative patients. This unit is typically open on weekdays and closes over night, though during high-census times will stay open to take inpatients as needed.
Our patients range in age from neonates to 21 years.
We work with the “Silver Team” – a general medical team composed of Hospitalists (physicians) and Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs).
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