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Hospitals Directory

Children's Hospital

601 Children's Lane
Norfolk, VA 23507-1969
(757) 668-7000

For more information on this hospital, visit the Children's Hospital

Detailed Information

At a glance

Hospital type: Children's general
Operated by: Not-for-profit
Total beds: 161
Administrator: JAMES D DAHLING, PRES
Parent system: Not reported
Selected accreditations/memberships: Accredited, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO)

Services Provided Glossary

Key services:
  • Neurology department
  • Pediatric intensive care
  • Physical rehabilitation
  • Orthopedics department
  • Emergency department

Specialized services

Inpatient:
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Outpatient
  • End-of-life services:(Pain management, Palliative care)
  • Infection isolation room
  • Neonatal intensive care
  • Neonatal intermediate care
  • Oncology services
  • Psychiatric care:(Psychiatric emergency services)
Patient/family support services:
  • Ambulance 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)
  • Single photon emission computerized tomography (SpedCT)
  • Ultrasound

By the numbers:

Admissions: 6,165
Inpatient surgeries: 2,216
Outpatient visits: 163,946
Outpatient surgeries: 9,156
Emergency room visits: 42,669
Births: 0
Number of beds: 161

Staffing(employed, on payroll):

Full-time registered nurses: 307
Part-time registered nurses: 30
Full-time licensed practical nurses: 16
Part-time licensed practical nurses: 3
Total full-time faculty personnel: 1,664
Total part-time faculty personnel: 187

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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