Horn Happenings: March 2017

Friday, March 31, 2017

April Specialty Clinic Schedule

Thursday, March 30, 2017

United Church of Christ, Schleswig, pledges support to the Hospital’s Inpatient Building Project

Council Members of the United Church of Christ in Schleswig: Gaylen Bahnsen, Brian Sieren, and Jerry Struck with Horn Memorial CEO, Chris Nichols

The United Church of Christ in Schleswig recently pledged their support to Horn Memorial Hospital’s $9 million Inpatient Building Project. Each year the Church Council goes through a grant selection process to support programs with funds received from the Jens A Carstensen Family Memorial. Horn Memorial applied for funding and received $25,000 towards the Project. With this donation, the church received naming rights to one of the seventeen patient rooms.

The Council shared, “We believe the Carstensen Family would have been proud to support Horn Memorial’s project. We appreciate the importance of local healthcare for our communities. Projects such as this one ensure the viability of maintaining local healthcare in the future.”

The Inpatient Project continues to remain on schedule with the interior work well underway. A community open house is expected to be scheduled in July, prior to moving patients to the new wing in early August. Fundraising efforts will continue throughout the project. If you are interested in contributing to this worthwhile community project or would like to learn more, please contact Sarah Harm, Public Relations Director, at Horn Memorial Hospital (364-7227).

Monday, March 27, 2017

Wound Care Clinic Added to Specialty Services

Horn Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce the addition of a Wound Care Clinic to the specialty services provided through the Outpatient Specialty Clinics at the hospital. Joni Boese and Alicia Heuton are bachelor’s-prepared Registered Nurses who are certified in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence care (WOC). They bring with them over 30 years of experience in the field of WOC.

WOC nurses provide direct and clinical consultative care to patients with wounds, ostomies, and continence issues. Joni and Alicia will coordinate care across the continuum of care by developing a plan of care in agreement with a patient’s healthcare provider, and they will implement that plan through direct clinical care, education of the patient and family, and coordination with other necessary resources.

Examples of the types of services Joni and Alicia will provide through the Wound Care Clinic include assessment and care of patients who have ostomies, wounds, pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, diabetic and arterial ulcers, tubes, fistulas, and skin issues related to incontinence. They will also implement plans to aid patients in prevention of pressure ulcers and other wound developments using evidence-based and best-practice guidelines.

Joni and Alicia will begin seeing patients at Horn Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, April 11^th and will have a regular schedule of the second and fourth Tuesday afternoons. To schedule an appointment, call Horn Memorial Hospital at 712.364.3311.