Tier 2 Units

Acute Coronary Unit (ACU) 

Shifts Available: 6:30 am - 10:30 am; 10:30 am - 2:30 pm; 2:30 pm - 6:30 pm; 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Location: 7th Tower, Deaconess Hospital

Department Coordinator: Lexi Melone

Coordinator Email: mhssacudc@copehealthscholars.org

About:   The Advanced Coronary Unit located on the 7th floor of MultiCare Deaconess Hospital in the patient care tower. 7th Tower is an acute inpatient nursing care unit serving the nursing care needs of acute coronary patient population where care is provided on a 24-hour/day basis. The unit is comprised of 31 rooms, of which 27 are private and four are semi-private. All rooms are equipped with wall suction, oxygen, patient call system, emergency outlets, and a Code Blue button. A central nursing work station is located on the South West corner of the unit. This central area is designated as the area in which the unit secretary and the charge nurse functions. Additionally, there are three other work stations on the other corners of the unit, equipped with computers, telephones, etc. There is a secured med room, and a tele-monitoring room in the center of the unit. A visitor’s lounge is located near the North East corner of the unit. The types of patients served on the unit include the following: 

• Myocardial infarction 

• Rule out MI 

• Primary arrhythmias 

• Pre and post open-heart surgery patients 

• Vascular surgery patients 

• Coronary artery disease 

• Congestive heart failure 

• Cath lab interventional patients 

• Stroke patients with cardiac involvement 

• Neurological surgery patients requiring more acute monitoring for either cardiac or respiratory reasons .