Our professional nursing team is made up of Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), Certified Nursing Aides (CNAs) and Nurse Techs (NTs). A Charge Nurse is responsible for directing and coordinating nursing care on each unit. Our team is committed to providing you a safe and healing environment. Should you have any concerns during your stay about your care, please request to speak with the Charge Nurse or Nursing Director. To easily identify our staff by name, all hospital personnel wear ID badges. If you are unsure of whom someone is, please don't hesitate to ask.

Patient Safety
Everyone has a role in making health care safe. That includes doctors, health care executives, nurses and health care technicians. Health care organizations all across the country are working to make health care safe. As a patient, you can make your care safer by being an active, involved and informed member of your health care team. The Speak Up^TM program, sponsored by The Joint Commission, urges patients to get involved in their care. This initiative provides simple advice on how you can make your stay a positive experience.

Speak up if you have questions or concerns. If you still don't understand, ask again. It's your body and you have a right to know.

Pay attention to the care you get. Always make sure you're receiving the correct treatments and medicines by the correct health care professionals. Don't assume anything.

Educate yourself about your illness. Learn about the medical tests you receive, and your treatment plan.

Ask a trusted family member or friend to be your advocate.

Know what medicines you take and why you take them. Medication errors are the most common health care mistakes.

Use a hospital, clinic, surgery center or other type of health care organization that has undergone a rigorous on-site evaluation against established, state-of-the-art quality and safety standards, such as that provided by The Joint Commission.

Participate in all decisions about your treatment. You are the center of the health care team.

Fall Prevention
For many reasons, patient falls are not uncommon in hospitals. Like other hospitals around the country, Jupiter Medical Center has instituted an ongoing, active program for identifying patients at greater risk of falling, and for preventing patient falls in all areas of the organization.

Patients are assessed upon admission and throughout their hospital stay for risk factors for falling, such as advanced age, use of certain medications, weakness or mental confusion, or a history of falling.

When a patient is identified as being at risk for falling, staff will institute preventive measures such as ensuring that the call light and personal equipment are kept in reach, or activating alarms to let staff know if the patient is getting out of bed without assistance.

Family members can help their loved ones during their hospital stay by providing safe footwear, sitting with patients who are confused and reorienting them to their surroundings and situation, and alerting staff if patients try to get out of bed without assistance.