Neuroscience Step-Down Unit
The Neuroscience Step-Down unit contains six beds with 16 staff members. The
caregiver-to-patient ratio is in the mid-range which allows for attentive and
intimate care both both patients and families. The staff prides itself on its
close patient monitoring, ability to provide intensive therapy and its
commitment to bringing families into the care experience. All of these factors
make the unit an area of neuroscience excellence.
The unit has many functions: it is a treatment transitional mid-point from
surgery to discharge; a secondary treatment center after a patient is released
from the Intensive Care Unit; and the primary care facility for general or
orthopedic trauma patients, stroke patients, and those recovering from back
surgery.
As a transitional center, the unit cares for patients who will seek
rehabilitation at the Sandiford Center, patients on their way to brain injury
rehabilitation, and those who have moderate trauma injuries.
