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Acute & Transitional Care · Critical Care · Emergency Department · Perioperative Care · Behavioral Health / Psychiatry · Procedural Care
Acute & Transitional Care
Acute inpatient and transitional care nursing across adult, pediatric, transplant, rehabilitation, and specialty medical-surgical populations.
| Unit | Description | Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Medical-Surgical Care | General acute inpatient nursing with a focus on internal medicine and complex medical conditions | Parnassus Mission Bay Mount Zion Stanyan Hyde |
| Adult Neurology and Neurosurgery Care | Inpatient neuroscience nursing, neurological monitoring, and transitional care services | Parnassus |
| Adult Cardiovascular Care | Heart failure, advanced cardiac therapies, heart transplant, and lung transplant inpatient nursing | Parnassus |
| Hematology, Oncology, and Blood and Marrow Transplant Care | Care of patients with blood cancers, cellular therapies, and blood and marrow transplantation | Parnassus Mission Bay Oakland |
| Solid Organ Transplant Care | Kidney, liver, pancreas, and multi-organ transplant inpatient nursing | Parnassus Mission Bay |
| Orthopedic and Spine Care | Postoperative orthopedic, spine, and musculoskeletal inpatient nursing | Parnassus Mission Bay Mount Zion |
| Acute Care for Older Adults | Specialized geriatric inpatient nursing focused on maintaining mobility, cognition, and independence | Parnassus Mission Bay Mount Zion Stanyan Hyde |
| Birth Center and Mother-Baby Care | Labor and delivery, postpartum, newborn, fetal therapy, and fetal surgery nursing | Mission Bay |
| Pediatric Medical-Surgical Care | Acute inpatient and transitional nursing care for infants, children, and adolescents | Mission Bay Oakland |
| Pediatric Cardiac Transitional Care | Step-down care for children recovering from congenital and acquired cardiac conditions | Mission Bay |
| Acute Rehabilitation Services | Inpatient rehabilitation nursing focused on recovery, mobility, and functional restoration | Parnassus Stanyan Hyde Oakland |
| Clinical Transition and Bridge Care Unit | Care coordination, observation, and transition support for patients moving between levels of care | Parnassus |
| Burn Care and Complex Wound Care | Acute burn wound care and rehabilitative support. Wound care nursing is available across all campuses; the dedicated burn unit is located at Hyde. | Parnassus Mission Bay Mount Zion Stanyan Hyde |
Critical Care
Intensive care nursing across medical, surgical, cardiac, neuro, neonatal, and burn specialties.
| Unit | Description | Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit | Complex medical and surgical critical care nursing | Parnassus Mission Bay Mount Zion |
| Cardiac and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit | Advanced cardiac nursing | Parnassus Mission Bay |
| Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | Pediatric critical care nursing | Mission Bay Parnassus Oakland |
| Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit | Pediatric cardiac critical care nursing | Mission Bay |
| Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | Neonatal critical care nursing, Level IV at Oakland | Mission Bay Oakland |
| Burn Care and Complex Wound Care | Burn intensive care nursing. Wound care nursing is available across all campuses. | Parnassus Mission Bay Mount Zion Stanyan Hyde |
Emergency Department
Adult emergency nursing and pediatric emergency nursing, including a dedicated pediatric trauma center.
| Unit | Description | Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Emergency Department | High-acuity adult emergency, triage, and resuscitation | Parnassus Stanyan Hyde |
| Pediatric Emergency Department | Emergency nursing for pediatric patients | Mission Bay Oakland |
| Pediatric Trauma Care Center | Pediatric Trauma Care Center at the Oakland campus is dedicated exclusively to caring for children and is an American College of Surgeons verified Level I Pediatric Trauma Center. | Oakland |
| Clinical Decision and Observation Unit | Short-stay observation nursing and emergency department throughput support | Parnassus |
Perioperative Care
Operating room, preoperative, and post-anesthesia care nursing, including outpatient surgery centers.
| Unit | Description | Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Adult Operating Room Services | Scrub and circulating nursing for all adult surgical specialties | Parnassus Mission Bay Mount Zion |
| Pediatric Operating Room Services | Cardiac, thoracic, neuro, transplant, and fetal surgical nursing | Mission Bay Oakland |
| Preoperative and Post-Anesthesia Care Unit | Pre-surgical preparation and post-anesthesia recovery nursing | Parnassus Mission Bay Mount Zion Oakland |
| Bayfront Surgery Center | Outpatient surgical nursing, Bayfront campus | Mission Bay |
| Peninsula Outpatient Surgery Center | Ambulatory surgery nursing, Peninsula location | Mission Bay |
| Orthopedic Institute Procedural Areas | Sports medicine, hand, foot, spine, and pain procedure nursing | Mission Bay |
Behavioral Health / Psychiatry
Inpatient psychiatric nursing for adult and adolescent populations. Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital is at 1600 Divisadero on the Mount Zion campus.
| Unit | Description | Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital | Comprehensive inpatient psychiatric nursing across specialty behavioral health services | Mount Zion |
| Adult Inpatient Psychiatry | Acute adult psychiatric assessment, stabilization, and treatment | Mount Zion Hyde |
| Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry | Behavioral health and psychiatric nursing for adolescent patients | Stanyan |
Procedural Care
Specialized nursing in interventional, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedure settings.
| Unit | Description | Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Interventional Radiology | Image-guided minimally invasive procedural nursing | Parnassus Mission Bay |
| Neurointerventional Radiology | Cerebrovascular and spinal vascular procedural nursing | Parnassus Mission Bay |
| Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory | Coronary intervention and hemodynamic monitoring nursing | Parnassus Oakland |
| Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory | Cardiac rhythm management, mapping, and ablation procedural nursing | Parnassus Oakland |
| Digestive Health and Pulmonary Endoscopy Services | Gastrointestinal and pulmonary procedural nursing | Parnassus Mount Zion Oakland |
| Acute Hemodialysis and Therapeutic Apheresis Services | Bedside dialysis, continuous renal replacement therapy, therapeutic apheresis, and stem cell collection | Parnassus Mission Bay |
| Pediatric Dialysis Services | Pediatric renal replacement therapy nursing | Mission Bay |
| Diagnostic Imaging Sedation Services | Procedural sedation nursing for magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography procedures | Parnassus Mission Bay Oakland |
| Vascular Access Services | Ultrasound-guided vascular access and peripherally inserted central catheter placement | Parnassus Mission Bay Mount Zion Oakland |