Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Hospitals Directory

VA Sierra Nevada Health Syst

1000 Locust Street
Reno, NV 89502-2597
(775) 786-7200

For more information on this hospital, visit the VA Sierra Nevada Health Syst

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: General medical and surgical
Operated by: Veterans Affairs
Total beds: 116
Administrator: KURT SCHLEGELMILCH, DIR
Parent system: Department of Veterans Affairs
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO)

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • General medical and surgical care
  • General intensive care
  • Neurology department
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • Burn care
  • Elderly/disabled:(Acute long-term care, Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • Burn care
  • Elderly/disabled:(Acute long-term care, Skilled nursing care, Intermediate nursing care)
  • End-of-life services:(Hospice, Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Partial hospitalization, Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Assistance with government services
  • Chaplaincy/pastoral care services
  • Oncology services
  • Patient support groups
  • Patient representative/ombusdman
  • Transportation for elderly/handicapped
  • Translation services
Community outreach:
  • Health fairs
  • Health screenings
Imaging services (diagnostic and therapeutic)
  • CT scanner
  • Diagnostic radioisotope facility
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Multislice spiral computer tomography (MSCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 2,831
Inpatient surgeries: 537
Outpatient visits: 224,087
Outpatient surgeries: 1,965
Emergency room visits: 10,352
Births: 0
Number of beds: 116

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 177
Part-time registered nurses: 15
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 31
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 0
Total full-time faculty personnel: 800
Total part-time faculty personnel: 40

Notes

Find out more about AHA data products at www.ahadata.com.

Data provided by American Hospital Association. Last updated December 2007.

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