Admissions
phone: 320-864-7719
fax: 320-864-7898
Features
Features of our hospital TCU program include:
Generous length of stay (LOS). Medicare allows for up to a 100-day swing-bed stay.
Focus on quality. We monitor our consistency in identifying patient goals, establishing a plan of care, assessing the patient’s risk for harm, use of a communication board and weekly patient bedside rounds. Our commitment to high-quality nursing care is further reflected in our low incidence of hospital-based infections.
Optimized nursing care. Our TCU is staffed with one registered nurse (RN) trained in complex care for every 3-5 patients. Hospitalized patients may move to the SNF setting when they are stronger and more independent.
Responsive to admission inquiries. During weekday business hours, we respond to admission inquiries within four business hours.
Multidisciplinary care team. Each patient has a care team that may include: hospitalist physician; nurse practitioner; care coordinator; skilled nursing staff; occupational, physical, respiratory and/or speech therapist; social worker; pharmacist; dietitian; and/or activities specialist.
Flexible, patient-centered approach. Each patient has input into establishing the goals for his or her treatment plan. The care team supports the patient.
Bedside rounds. A weekly care conference encourages compliance with the care plan, promotes teamwork and enables the patient and family members to ask questions.
Daily on-site physician. A hospitalist physician and nurse practitioner supervise care for all TCU patients – seven days per week – backed by a dedicated medical director.
Hospital services on-site. Level IV trauma center staffed by a physician 24/7. Immediate access to radiology and lab services if needed.
Intensive therapy. Occupational, physical, and speech therapists and equipment are available on-site weekdays. Physical therapy is available on Saturday mornings. Patients may receive up to three hours of therapy per day. Assistive equipment is provided as needed.
Advanced inpatient care for acute wounds. For patients with acute or complex wounds resulting from trauma or surgery, we provide specialty dressings, negative pressure wound therapy and other specialized wound healing techniques right in the TCU.
Advanced outpatient care for complex wounds. For patients with complex wounds resulting from trauma or surgery and/or the complications of chronic conditions such as diabetes, we provide hyperbaric oxygen therapy, debridement, compression therapy, bio-engineered skin grafts, edema management, negative pressure wound therapy and other advanced healing techniques on an outpatient basis at the Center for Advanced Wound Care on our Glencoe campus.
Comfortable setting with lots of amenities. Our TCU features private rooms (no additional fee!) with flat-screen cable TVs, free wireless Internet, and room-service dining. Furthermore, patients are welcome to move about our campus as their conditions permit to visit our chapel, hair salon, coffee shop, and cafeteria. We offer many opportunities for self-directed or group leisure activities.
Small community setting. Just 50 minutes west of the Twin Cities, Glencoe offers all the simple pleasures of a small town. Our campus is easily accessible from Highway 212.
