Care Team and Support Services
Durham Regional Hospital is committed to meeting the needs of all people. The following services are available to patients and their families during their stay at the hospital.
Your hospital team, helping you get and stay healthy.
Medical Staff
The physician who admits you is generally responsible for directing your care while you are in the hospital. Your physician, as the coordinator for your treatment program, should be consulted if you have questions about your illness.
Hospitalists
During your hospital stay, your community physician may ask that you be cared for by a physician who is a member of our Hospitalist Team. A Hospitalist, part of the Department of Hospital Medicine, is a medical doctor specializing in the care of patients who are in the hospital. Our hospitalists work only in the hospital and do not have an office practice. If you have questions about the hospitalist program, please call (919) 470-8490.
Intensivists
If you are a patient in one of our intensive care units, your healthcare team will also include a critical care intensivist. An Intensivist is a doctor specially trained to care for critically ill patients. Their concentrated familiarity and focused expertise allows Intensivitsts to identify and treat patients with complex conditions. Lisa Pickett, MD, and Mark Powers, MD, serve as co-medical directors of the Intensivist Program.
Nursing
Twenty-four hour nursing care is provided by a team of professional registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing care assistants. A registered nurse in the position of clinical operations director is responsible for directing and coordinating nursing care on each unit. Please feel free to contact your nurse or the clinical operations director if you have questions or concerns.
Social Work
Social workers are assigned to each patient care area and are trained to help patients and family members deal with financial, social and emotional problems that relate to illness or hospitalization. Members of the department work with patients and families to help deal with long-term illnesses and rehabilitation and are involved in discharge planning.
Pharmacy
Your physician may include medications as part of your treatment during your stay at the hospital. The central pharmacy is responsible for dispensing and monitoring medications for hospitalized patients. The OR satellite pharmacy provides patient care services to the OR, Intensive Care Units, Anesthesia, Endoscopy, Ambulatory Care Unite and Post-Anesthesia Unit and maintains narcotic control in those areas.
Dietary
The hospital has registered dietitians to meet your dietary needs during your stay. If you have questions about your meals or diet, please call (919) 470-4252.
Environmental Services
Your room is cleaned daily by a member of the environmental services staff. If your room needs extra attention, please inform your nurse, and it will be taken care of as soon as possible.
Pastoral Care
Durham Regional Hospital believes that total patient care demands attention to the spiritual and emotional, as well as the physical needs of each patient. Members of the Pastoral Care Department are available to assist you, whatever your religious tradition. For more information about Pastoral Care at Durham Regional Hospital, click here.
Palliative Care
Patients with incurable disease and their families need extra comfort and support. The Palliative Care Team of Durham Regional Hospital is dedicated to serving patients who are ready to move to comfort care measures only, providing emotional and spiritual care as requested by the patient and/or family, management of pain and other symptoms, communication with patients and family members, and referral of patients and/or family members to community agencies, such as hospice and home health care programs.
Palliative care can begin earlier than hospice care, and is offered in a hospital setting. Contact the Director of Pastoral Services at (919) 470-8313 for more information.
