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PEDIATRIC SERVICES
“Caring for our community and its children.”
Childhood is a magical time of innocence and wonder. Children
make meaningful our present and hopeful our future. When a child
is sick or injured it is an especially stressful time for both
child and family. We recognize the special challenges of caring
for children and their unique physical, medical, and emotional
needs.
To meet these challenges Mercy Medical Center’s Pediatric
Department provides inpatient and outpatient “high tech” care
in “high touch” surroundings that are clean, modern,
friendly, warm, and family oriented.
The services we offer include:
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Around the clock care from specially trained
all RN pediatric staff with a high nurse to patient ratio. |
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Age appropriate care for patients from infancy through
late adolescence. |
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Diagnosis specific care and teaching for a wide variety
of conditions such as appendicitis and asthma to influenza
and hepatitis to fractures and concussions and everything
in between. |
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Access to toys, books, games, and movies because we know
that play is the work of childhood. |
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Family centered care which allows parents, siblings, and
guardians as much involvement in their child’s care
as they desire. We provide beds to allow rooming in of parents
and open visiting hours for immediate family. |
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Culturally sensitive care including interpreters and/or
language line access. |
We work as a team with our community based Pediatricians and
Family Practice physicians.
Pediatric support departments include Respiratory Therapy, Nutritional Services,
Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Laboratory, Radiology, CT, MRI, Financial
Assistance, Pastoral Care, Social Work, and others.
If your child requires continuing care after discharge, we will arrange for
care with your choice of Home Health agencies.
We strive for excellence in our service to your family. We treat
our little patients the way we would want our own children treated.
After all, in this small community, our patients are often children
of friends, neighbors and coworkers!
If you would like more information about Mercy’s Pediatric
Services, please call (208)463-5350.
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