HISTORY
St. Anthony Regional
Hospital and Nursing Home is proud of its rich history which dates back
to 1905 when Reverend Joseph Kuemper founded the hospital, with the help
of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, from LaCrosse,
Wisconsin. Today, St. Anthony Regional Hospital, along with its medical
staff, serves communities in West Central Iowa.
Patients at St.
Anthony Regional Hospital have access to physicians in many specialties,
state-of-the-art equipment, and up-to-date treatment procedures.
Cost-effective care is provided in an atmosphere which reflects the
institution’s Franciscan heritage and the values of the healing ministry
of Christ, quality, patient/customer satisfaction, integrity, and high
performance standards. Emphasis is placed on patient services,
rehabilitation, education, and wellness recognizing an individual’s
physical, spiritual, and psychosocial needs.
St. Anthony Regional Hospital is a 99 bed facility with a connected 79
bed nursing home. The hospital is a member of the American Hospital
Association, the Iowa Hospitals Association, and has been designated as
one of sixteen regional hospitals in Iowa by the Iowa State Department
of Health.PHYSICIAN
SERVICES
Physicians serving the
Carroll area on a continuous basis include specialists in the fields of
cardiology, family practice, general surgery, internal medicine,
neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery,
otorhinolaryngology (ENT), pathology, pediatrics, podiatry, psychiatry,
radiology, radiation oncology, and urology,.
Patients whose specific diagnostic and treatment needs relate to
dermatology, nephrology, medical oncology, allergy, plastic surgery,
pulmonology, and urology may visit physician specialists who conduct
periodic clinics on the hospital campus.
ST. ANTHONY NURSING HOME
St. Anthony Nursing Home
is a 79 bed intermediate care facility offering short- and long-term
rehabilitative nursing care for residents as well as dedicted
Alzheimer’s care. Adult day care service is available to members of the
greater Carroll area each weekday. Activities are designed for
opportunities to socialize, deliver personal care and give caregivers
needed respite during the daytime hours.
Continuous patient care services are provided by a professional staff
including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified
nursing assistants. Services include admission counseling, discharge
planning, financial assistance counseling, and psychosocial counseling
provided by three full-time social workers. A social worker and
psychologist are also available to serve residents’ needs.
HOME HEALTH AGENCY
St. Anthony Home Health
Agency is a Medicare/Medicaid certified agency which provides services
to individuals in 48 communities within a 30 mile radius of Carroll,
Iowa. The agency provides Home Care, Hospice and Public Health
services, with a nurse on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Home Care services include skilled nursing care for
assessment & observation, wound care, dressing changes,
instruction/education on medications and diet and other services as
needed. Other Home Care services include home care aide services for
bathing and personal care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy,
Speech Therapy and Nutritional counseling. Home Care service also
provides Home and Community Based Waiver services as well as private pay
nursing and home care aide services.
Hospice services provide
supportive care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social
needs of terminally ill patients and their families. The hospice uses a
team approach with trained professionals, paraprofessionals, and
non-professional volunteers. Follow-up counseling and support is
provided to families after the death of their loved ones through the
bereavement program.
Public health nursing and community-based services are provided for the
community at large through a contract with Carroll County Board of
Supervisors. These services include disease investigation and
follow-up, immunization programs for children and adults, home visits to
new parents after delivery of their baby, illness prevention programs,
and health education for individuals, schools, and community groups. Two
programs are offered to enhance the family experience: the HOPES
(Healthy Opportunities for Parents to Experience Success) provides
one-on-one mentoring support to help parents be the best they can be;
and, the Stork’s Nest helps ensure healthy moms and healthy babies.
ACUTE CARE SERVICES
Emergency Care
St. Anthony Regional hospital's
Emergency Room provides care for the community's residents. A
physician is available to care for patients' emergencies 24-hours
each day. Available services include physician consultation,
laboratory evaluations, x-ray examinations, surgery, and pastoral
care. St. Anthony is state designated Level IV Trauma Center.
Ambulatory Surgery Services
St. Anthony Regional Hospital's
outpatient surgery and treatment programs offers convenient care to
patients requiring diagnostic services and minor elective surgical
procedures. Up-to-date patient and family waiting facilities are
provided for the period prior to surgical procedures. Surgery is
performed in the hospital's surgery suites and patients recover in a
comfortable facility prior to returning to home.
Surgery/Anesthesia Services
St. Anthony Regional Hospital's
Surgery Department features four operating rooms and endoscopy
suite, recovery facilities for patients undergoing a variety of
surgery procedures.
Twenty-four hour anesthesia
coverage is provided. The anesthesia department provides pain
management services for both acute and chronic pain. Services are
provided by five certified registered nurse anesthetists. Special
pain care services include pain associated with cancer, low back
pain, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, migraine, and myofacial
headaches.
Cardiology Services
Cardiology services offered by
St. Anthony Regional Hospital include diagnostic EKGs, telemetry
monitoring, Holter monitoring, treadmill stress testing, nuclear
medicine studies, Swan-Ganz catheter insertion, temporary pacemaker
insertion, and cardiac diagnostic services. Intensive care services
are provided in a six-bed unit which utilizes advanced monitoring
equipment and continuous, direct observation of all patients.
Telemetry equipment is available to monitor the cardiac status of
patients in the other care areas. The entire staff maintains
certification in basic cardiac life support and all registered
nurses Advanced Cardiac Life Support certified. Phase II cardiac
rehabilitation incorporating educational and counseling activities
is available for those who require supervised graded exercise.
Oncology
Comprehensive cancer care,
including medical oncology, chemotherapy and radiation therapy is
provided for the community by St. Anthony Regional Hospital.
Radiation therapy is provided five days a week by a board-certified
radiation oncologist. Medical oncology services are provided
board-certified medical oncologists. Certified Oncology Registered
Nurses provide chemotherapy to patients in dedicated chemotherapy
area. A cancer support team consisting of nursing, nutrition,
pastoral care, pharmacy, behavioral medicine, social services and
education provide daily support to patients with cancer.
Dialysis
A fully equipped hemodialysis
center is located at St. Anthony Regional Hospital. The twelve
station unit is staffed by dialysis-certified registered nurses and
provides acute and chronic hemodialysis for patients within a 60
mile radius of St. Anthony Regional Hospital. Medical direction is
provided by a consulting nephrologist.
The Birth Place
Mother and infant care is offered
to new parents in a family-centered childbirth environment. A
home-like setting is provided for the hospital stay, featuring
labor, delivery, recovery and post-partum (LDRP) rooms which allow
for "rooming-in" opportunities. A fully equipped operating room is
located in the department should a C-section be required. Anesthesia
and surgeons are immediately available on 24-hour/7 day per week
schedule. Educational services provided for parents, family members,
and caregivers include breast feeding support, a "Prepared
Childbirth" clas, a "Lamaze Refresher" class, "Our New Baby" for
brothers and sisters, "Baby Care basics 101" and "Lifesavers Baby."
The Birth Place staff provide home visits to new mothers at the
request of the patient's physician.
St. Anthony Mental Health
Services
St. Anthony Mental Health
Services offers a variety of coordinated treatment programs
including inpatient, outpatient, and twenty-four crisis services.
The inpatient program is provided by a comprehensive
multi-disciplinary team lead by three psychiatrists and include
nursing care, social services, occupational and recreational
therapy, pastoral care. Therapeutic approaches include individual,
group, and family therapy, nutritional counseling, and
psychopharmacology. A comprehensive after-care program is developed
for each patient, with continuity of care being essential.
Outpatient programs include individual, couple and family therapy,
as well as psychiatric consultation. A twenty-four hour crisis line
is available for use by residents of the region.
Health Information
Management
The Health Information Management
Department at St. Anthony Regional hospital facilitates the efforts
of the healthcare team by maintaining patients' records in complete
and accurate fashion. The department processes patient records,
computes hospital statistics, transcribes dictated reports, and
retrieves patient information for ongoing care. A medical
information resource center located in the Health Information
Management Department provides on-line access to medical libraries
and research capabilities.
Respiratory Therapy
St. Anthony Regional Hospital
provides a variety of Respiratory Therapy services for both
inpatients and outpatients. Among the services provided are
diagnostic tests, including Pulmonary Function, or PFT, which looks
at lung function, and electroencephalograph, or EEG, used to
identify various brain functions.
Respiratory care practitioners
administer daily treatments to inpatients using sophisticated
equipment that help with lung disorders such as asthma. emphysema,
pneumonia and bronchitis.
The Respiratory Department also
operates the St. Anthony Sleep Center, where tests are conducted to
diagnose sleep disorders that may cause interrupted sleep and
fatigue. Tests are performed one-on-one by a Registered
Polysomnograph Tech or Registered Respiratory Therapist in a
comfortable, home-like setting.
Radiology
The Radiology Department at St.
Anthony Regional Hospital offers state-of-the-art diagnostic
imagining, including general radiology, tomography, mammography,
ultrasound, and nuclear medicine. Additional services offered by the
radiology department include invasive radiology, surgical
radiography with remote fluoroscopy, fixed CT, MRI and bone
desitrometry scanning.
Laboratory
Laboratory services provided on an around-the-clock basis include
general chemistry, special chemistry, serology, bacteriology,
histology, and blood bank services. In addition, the laboratory
features microbiology, immunology, toxicology, therapeutic drug
level monitoring, and comprehensive pathology services.
Rehabilitation Services
Rehabilitation Services at St. Anthony Regional Hospital offers
comprehensive array of services to both inpatients and outpatients.
Care is provided to residents of St. Anthony Nursing Home, patients
in the hospital-based home health agency, and through the St.
Anthony Clinics.
The department is staffed by three physical therapists, two
physical therapy assistants, an exercise physiologist, an
occupational therapist, six support staff. In addition to evaluating
and treating a wide variety of acute orthopedic and neurological
problems, sports injury physical therapy for area high schools and
recreational athletes. Numerous educational programs, including
fitness testing and screenings, are offered to area businesses and
community organizations. Special programs are offered for athletic
conditioning including sports performance and golf swing evaluation.
Pharmacy
The Pharmacy Department serves the acute care hospital, nursing
home, rural clinics associated with St. Anthony Regional Hospital.
The pharmacy features 24 hour unit dose drug distribution,
computerized pharmacy system, drug information/consultation services
and drug use review. Additional services include the preparation of
antineoplastic drugs, parenteral nutrition services, an IV additive
service, patient controlled analgesia service, and epidural narcotic
preparation.
Food and Nutrition Service
The Food and Nutrition Service Department offers food and
nutritional supplements to hospitalized patients, nursing home
residents, healthcare professionals, and the community at large.
Services include cafeteria dining which is open to the public,
catering services for special in-house functions, vending services,
meal preparation for Congregated Meals/Meals on Wheels, meal service
to Orchard View retirement community, and consulting dietitian
services to 13 area hospitals, nursing homes, and long-term care
facilities.
St. Anthony Regional Hospital's Food and Nutrition Service
Department employs a team of registered/licensed dietitians to
provide nutritional counseling, educational classes for cancer
patients, and counseling to behavioral medicine, cardiac, and
pulmonary rehabilitation patients.
Social Services
St. Anthony Regional Hospital's Social Services Department serves
hospitalized patients and their families with discharge planning,
coordinating community referral sources, and support counseling.
Social workers are available to assist admission coordinators
for the long-term care facility and to provide supportive counseling
services.
Quality Management
The Quality Management Department interacts with all hospital
departments and healthcare providers at At. Anthony Regional Hospital.
Responsibilities include utilization review, infection control, patient
care evaluation, risk management.
Pastoral Care
Spiritual care is
offered to patients of all faiths at St. Anthony Regional Hospital &
Nursing Home. Spiritual and prayerful support is provided to patients
and families, including bereavement support in times of crisis.
The hospital meditation
chapel located on the second floor is open to persons of all faiths.
Mass is offered in the St. Anthony Nursing Home Chapel and may be seen
on closed circuit television for those individuals unable to attend
personally. Holy Communion is distributed on weekdays and Sundays to
Catholic patients and residents. The Sacrament of the Sick and the
Sacrament of Reconciliation are ministered to Catholic patients upon
request and to nursing home residents on a monthly basis. Protestant
residents may take advantage of a weekly ecumenical prayer service and
ministers of different denominations are available at the request of
patients.
Under the guidance of the Pastoral Care Department the “No One Dies
Alone” program offers trained volunteer companionship to patients or
residents who are in the end stages of life and have no family or
friends available during their final hours.
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SERVICES
The Education Department
at St. Anthony Regional Hospital provides a variety of services in
response to the needs of hospital patients, health professionals, and
the community at large by conveying information designed to assist
individuals in the pursuit of knowledge, skills, and personal wellness.
Patient Education Services
Patient Education
Services are provided to enable patients and families to make informed
decisions about their health, to manage their illnesses, and to
implement follow-up care. Educational resources are available to meet
the needs of patients with special learning needs.
Community Health Education
Resources
Community Health
Education Resources focus on health maintenance and disease prevention
for the community. In addition to the educational programs offered
under the auspices of the Maternal-Child Health Program, the community
is offered blood pressure screenings and information, CPR training and
cardiac support. Also offered are “I Can Cope” classes and “Make Today
Count” support groups for cancer patients and their families and the
Carroll Area United Ostomy Association.
Staff Development
The staff development
component offers St. Anthony Regional Hospital’s personnel education
regarding hazardous materials, fire safety, infection control, disaster
preparedness, back care, other safety awareness, and crisis management.
Continuing Professional Education
Continuing medical education programs are offered for physicians and
other healthcare providers in the region. Continuing nursing
education is provided for licensed nurses employed both at St.
Anthony Regional Hospital & Nursing Home and for other nursing
professionals in the geographic region. A wide variety of programs
are offered on a periodic basis.
