SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER - SHELDON, IA

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Addresss:
118 NORTH 7TH AVENUE
SHELDON, IA, 51201
Phone (make sure to verify first before calling): (712) 324-5041

Hospital Type: Critical Access Hospitals
Hospital Owner: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency Services: Yes

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Employment Full-Time Equivalent
Licensed Practical Or Vocational Nurses : 7.63
Registered Professional Nurses : 19.40
Other Salaried Personnel : 49.10
Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) : 3.00
Dieticians : 1.00
Occupational Therapists : 1.00
Physical Therapists : 4.19
Speech Pathologists Or Audiologists : 1.00
Physicians : 4.00
Medical Social Workers : 0.50
Medical Laboratory Technologists : 2.80
Physician Assistants : 3.00
Diagnostic Radiology Technicians : 3.80
Nurse Practitioners: 2.00

Number Of Beds
Total: 25
Total Certified: 25

Provided Services
Nuclear Medicine Services
Anesthesia Services
Audiology Services
Blood Bank Services
CT Scanner Services
Certified Trauma Center Services
Chemotherapy Services
Clinical Laboratory Services
Diagnostic Radiology Services
Dietary Services
Emergency Services
Home Health Services
Hospice Services
Inpatient Surgical Services
Long Term Care (Swing-Beds) Services
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Mri) Services
Obstetric Services
Occupational Therapy Services
Operating Room Services
Orthopedic Surgery Services
Outpatient Services
Outpatient Surgery Unit Services
Pediatric Services
Pharmacy Services
Physical Therapy Services
Postoperative Recovery Room Services
Social Services
Speech Pathology Services

Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers

Number of Completed Surveys:: Between 100 and 299
Survey Response Rate: 36%

How often did nurses communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
Here:

4%
Iowa:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

22%
State:

17%
Always
Here:

74%
State:

80%

How often did doctors communicate well with patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

2%
State:

3%
Usually
This Hospital:

15%
Iowa:

13%
Always
This Hospital:

83%
Iowa:

84%

How often did patients receive help quickly from hospital staff?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

28%
Iowa:

25%
Always
This Hospital:

65%
State:

69%

How often was patients' pain well controlled?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

5%
State:

5%
Usually
This Hospital:

30%
State:

24%
Always
Here:

65%
Iowa:

71%

How often did staff explain about medicines before giving them to patients?

Sometimes or never
This Hospital:

17%
State:

15%
Usually
Here:

26%
Iowa:

21%
Always
Here:

57%
State:

64%

How often were the patients' rooms and bathrooms kept clean?

Sometimes or never
Here:

5%
State:

6%
Usually
This Hospital:

23%
Iowa:

16%
Always
This Hospital:

72%
Iowa:

78%

How often was the area around patients' rooms kept quiet at night?

Sometimes or never
Here:

7%
State:

7%
Usually
Here:

36%
Iowa:

30%
Always
This Hospital:

57%
Iowa:

63%

Were patients given information about what to do during their recovery at home?

Yes
This Hospital:

81%
Iowa:

85%
No
This Hospital:

19%
State:

15%

How do patients rate the hospital overall on a scale from 0 (lowest) to 10 (highest)?

6 or lower
This Hospital:

6%
State:

6%
7 or 8
This Hospital:

29%
Iowa:

20%
9 or 10
Here:

65%
Iowa:

74%

Would patients recommend the hospital to friends and family?

No
Here:

2%
State:

3%
Yes, probably
This Hospital:

34%
Iowa:

22%
Yes, definitely
This Hospital:

64%
Iowa:

75%

Process of Care

Pneumonia

Percent of Patients Given Initial Antibiotic(s) within 6 Hours After Arrival
This Hospital:

100.0%
Iowa:

97.4%
Percent of Patients Given the Most Appropriate Initial Antibiotic(s)
This Hospital:

95.0%
Iowa:

93.4%
Percent of Patients Assessed and Given Pneumococcal Vaccination
This Hospital:

96.0%
State:

94.3%

Outcome of Care

30-Day Mortality Rates from Heart Failure
Here:

11.6%
Iowa:

12.0%
30-Day Mortality Rates from Pneumonia
This Hospital:

12.6%
State:

12.0%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Heart Failure
This Hospital:

24.3%
Iowa:

23.7%
30-Day Readmission Rates from Pneumonia
Here:

17.9%
Iowa:

17.9%

Use of Medical Imaging

Outpatients who had a follow-up mammogram or ultrasound within 45 days after a screening mammogram.
This Hospital:

7.300%
State:

8.069%
Outpatient CT scans of the abdomen that were combination (double) scans.
This Hospital:

0.133%
Iowa:

0.138%
Outpatients who got cardiac imaging stress tests before low-risk outpatient surgery
This Hospital:

1.500%
State:

4.961%

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