SPECIAL DELIVERY BIRTHING CENTER
A Great Place For New Beginnings
(304) 269-8036

Pregnancy and childbirth are healthy, normal, positive experiences for mothers and their families. For parents and families who want to share this event in an intimate, personal setting, the Special Delivery Birthing Center at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital is a natural choice. Our birthing center was created out of a desire to offer a safe alternative to home delivery and a growing demand for birthing options by parents. Our comfortable, homelike atmosphere offers intimacy in a medically supported environment. The professional nursing staff is committed to the philosophy that birth can be a healthy, normal event that does not require medical intervention except in specific circumstances. Because we are dedicated to respecting your individuality, the Special Delivery Birthing Center offers you the best advantages of a home birth with additional comfort and safety for both you and your baby. One of the most important options of our Special Delivery Birthing Center is our "rooming in" policy, which ensures that your new baby won't be taken from your side; unless, of course, a medical problem arises. All routine care is performed at bedside. Until you are discharged, you remain in the Birthing Center, where you can care for your newborn in the warm, intimate circle of your family. Our Birthing Center provides you and your baby with 24-hour-a-day protection. The Center is safe and secure with a special security system.

STONEWALL JACKSON HOME CARE
Commitment to Excellence...In Service and Caring
(304) 269-4556

After a hospitalization, nursing home stay, or childbirth experience, a patient may be temporarily homebound and require a healthcare alternative. Perhaps a patient requires complex skilled services such as injections, extensive wound care, complex teaching or disease management, intravenous therapy, nutritional services, or pediatrics.

Any of these situations would necessitate the need for a professional healthcare giver, but not necessarily in a hospital setting. That is when you should call Stonewall Jackson Home Care. Stonewall Jackson Home Care is dedicated to making sure that a patient has a comfortable transition to recuperation at home. Our compassionate and caring staff are highly qualified to provide the individualized services, treatment, and care the doctor has ordered for you.

We know we do a good job for our patients. Here are some remarks from those we have served: "The nurses and aides were pleasant and mannerly.... They showed concern for my well-being. I am so thankful to have had their care."

"The real caring of each worker and the closeness and friendship means so much. We love and miss all of you. You gave us much needed help."

"They treated me with respect and courtesy. I appreciated all they gave me."

"They were all so nice and kind to me and always willing to help me. Without them I don't know what I would do."

NURSING UNITS
 

Surgery: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital has two fully-equipped surgical suites as well as up-to-date outpatient surgery facilities. Inpatient and outpatient care includes such general and specialized procedures as gynecology, orthopedics, urology, and general, vascular, and colorectal surgery.
Specialized Nursing Units: We have specialized care to meet the needs of each individual patient. Our resources and staff are here to serve the medical and social needs of those under our care.
Medical/Surgical: a 56-bed nursing unit, including private and semi-private rooms, provides personalized care for patients and families. Our highly skilled nursing staff uses a team approach to treat our patients like the friends and neighbors they are. This unit also serves pediatric patients, so children in our service area can have access to inpatient care close to home.
Intensive Care Unit: Our six-bed ICU provides 24-hour observation and critical care for patients with traumatic injuries or life-threatening illnesses, and is staffed by a highly trained team of physicians and nurses.

LABORATORY

This department is staffed with well-trained professional medical technologists 24 hours a day. State-of-the-art technology provides rapid testing and reporting to assist physicians with diagnosis and treatment of patients.

OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT

Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital's thoroughly modern outpatient department serves patients whose procedures do not require an inpatient stay, but who need some special preparation and recovery.

The outpatient department is designed and operated for the care and well-being of patients who will be anesthetized or otherwise impaired or incapacitated for a short time as a result of their procedures.

Procedures available through the outpatient department include same-day surgery, endoscopy, blood transfusions, and chemotherapy.

The department has a ward of ten fully reclining chairs, each with its own privacy curtain. Here patients are prepared for their surgical procedure or treatment. After the procedure, patients return to the outpatient department for recovery and discharge.

REHABILITATIVE & DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES

Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital has a full array of technologically advanced equipment and services to diagnose and treat medical problems, and to facilitate as complete a recovery as possible.

• Physical Therapy: The purpose of physical therapy is to prevent, identify, alleviate and correct acute and prolonged movement dysfunction. The department is staffed by licensed physical therapists and support staff. Treatments available include: evaluation, exercise, "TENS", electrotherapy, heat and cold therapy, ultrasound, gait training, sports medicine, isokinetics, industrial rehabilitation, ultraviolet, whirlpools, function training and home instructions.
   
• Cardiac Rehabilitation: Located in the physical therapy department, cardiac rehabilitation services are designed to help the recovering heart patient return to a healthy and enjoyable life. Under the direction of a board-certified cardiologist, patients are carefully screened and admitted only upon physician referral. Services include stress testing, individually designed aerobic exercise programs, and monitoring of heart function and blood pressure.
   
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Our pulmonary rehab department will help individuals struggling with diseases of the lungs return to a more healthy and satisfying lifestyle. Our program is a comprehensive approach to patient care, including education about pulmonary disease, lifestlye changes, incorporation of mild physical activity, and handling the psychological effects of a patient's condition.

RESPIRATORY CARE DEPARTMENT

From diagnosis to surgery to rehabilitative therapy, our pulmonary department uses the most modern equipment and latest techniques. Under the direction of a board-certified pulmonologist, services include: pulmonary function testing, respiratory therapy, sleep studies, EKG and EEG.

Most people take breathing for granted.

It's second nature, an involuntary reflex. Bout for the thousands of Americans who suffer from breathing problems, each breath is a major accomplishment. Rising levels of pollution, combined with the aging population, are making breathing difficulties more common. People who need Respiratory Care services include patients with chronic lung problems, such as asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema, but they also include heart attack and accident victims; premature infants; and people with cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, or AIDS.

That is why Stonewall Jackson memorial Hospital has a whole department devoted to this problem.

SUPPORT SERVICES

Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital believes in treating the person, not just the illness; and, by extension, the family, not just the patient. We have a number of services that provide aid and comfort beyond the healing arts.

• Social Services Program: The hospital employs a social service representative to act as liaison between the hospital and the patient and family. This trained individual is available to help with questions or problems regarding the hospital stay. The representative also serves as an information and referral resource for social services and personal services outside the hospital, including help with public assistance applications and arrangements for nursing home care.
   
• Discharge Planning: We recognize that a patient's recovery often extends beyond the hospital stay. We work closely with the patient, the physician, the patient's family and appropriate community agencies, when necessary, to provide an appropriate continuum of care.
   
• Chapel and Chaplaincy: A number of the community's clergy volunteer their services to provide counseling and spiritual comfort to patients and families. There is a chapel in the hospital for prayer and meditation.
   
• Financial Counseling: Our financial services office can help patients and families identify resources and options for meeting their obligations, including referrals to appropriate agencies for public assistance.

MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES

• Computerized Tomography: Our CT scanner performs rapid whole body scans, and can obtain high quality slice-like images of selected body areas.
   
• Nuclear Medicine: Our physicians have at hand the latest in diagnostic medical imaging with a sophisticated digital gamma camera system. This high performance nuclear medicine system provides for quicker, more accurate diagnoses by allowing physicians to observe the physiology, rather than just the structure, of the heart and other organ systems.
   
• MRI: Magnetic resonance imaging is a new computer-assisted diagnostic technique which acquires images without the use of radiation.
   
• Ultrasound: The ultrasound unit provides high quality diagnostic information to our medical staff. Major applications include obstetrics, abdominal and pelvic examination and analysis, as well as vascular and echocardiography studies.
   
• Mammography: Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital offers low-dose mammograms as part of a complete diagnostic and educational program that is ARC accredited and Medicare certified. Our system incorporates highly desired features such as low radiation, sharper images and less compression for more comfort. Mammography services, performed by female technicians, are designed for the comfort, privacy and convenience of our patients.

OTHER SERVICES