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FVC in Le Mars
Monday - Thursday
8:30 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Friday
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Appointments are not required but can reduce long wait times.
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| Emergency Department Update |
The new centralized nursing station
in the Emergency Department.
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In early March, the updated Emergency Department (ED) opened to patients. In addition to increasing patient privacy and efficiency, it also created more room and improved security. Work on the renovation started in late October. The total cost of the project was around $500,000, with a portion of that funding provided by private donations.
During the remodel, the existing space was remodeled to include an additional exam room, a consultation room, reception desk and a new waiting area. The nurses' station was centrally located, giving staff easy access to all three new exam rooms in addition to the two existing trauma bays. One of the new exam rooms is specially designed for a patient who is at risk of hurting themselves or others and is located directly across from the nurses' desk.
The ED will continue to be staffed 24 hours, seven days a week with specially trained nurses and a physician who specializes in emergency medicine. Patients needing the ED should enter the hospital's East Entrance.
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Volunteers Are Our Good Fortune
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At Floyd Valley, volunteers are integral to daily functioning. Volunteers serve in many capacities while at FVH, there is something to match anyone's interest. In 2016, volunteers worked over 21,000 hours! At minimum wage, although many of the jobs performed would be at a higher rate, that equates to $152,250 donated to FVH in time and talent. Truly amazing and very much appreciated.
To celebrate the FV Volunteers and Auxiliary, the annual Volunteer Appreciation will be held on Wednesday, April 5 at 10 a.m. with coffee and the program to follow at 10:30 a.m. This year's event will be held in the FVH Conference Center. Those receiving Hours of Service recognition will receive invitations, but all volunteers are invited and encouraged to attend.
Perhaps one of the biggest benefits people get from volunteering is the satisfaction of incorporating service into their lives and making a difference in their community. Over the last few decades, research has shown that those who volunteer have lower mortality rates, greater functional ability, and lower rates of depression later in life than those who do not volunteer.
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Stu Dekkenga works with Alison Vlieger, OT
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Most people think vision includes the eyes and the ability to clearly see an object close up or in the distance with or without corrective action. We now understand that vision is much more complex. It encompasses the ability of a person to control their eye muscles to search for and find a target, fixate on it, maintain fixation on the target long enough for the internal structures of the eye to focus on it and interpret the target. This may be especially hard for those that have suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
A unique therapy offered at Floyd Valley Therapies, called vision therapy, is a sequence of neurosensory and neuromuscular activities individually prescribed to develop, rehabilitate and enhance visual skills and processing. Three areas of vision addressed by vision therapy include:
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Visual integrity - basic eye health and the ability to focus and see clearly at various distances.
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Visual efficiency - the eye's ability to shift focus so that objects at different distances can be seen clearly, the ability to properly combine images from each eye into one image and eye movements.
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Visual information processing - including visual spatial awareness, analysis, and motor integration skills.
Stu Dekkenga, a Floyd Valley Therapies patient, states,"
I am so grateful that I have been able to receive quality, effective therapies at Floyd Valley Healthcare. Having these services in our community has been very convenient, and has also been a source of encouragement to me. I have participated in Speech, Physical, and Occupational Therapy services through FVH. What has impressed me is how the three disciplines have worked together to accomplish my personal goal of regaining the skills and functions that were lost due to my injury. The major focus of Speech and OT has been addressing my left visual neglect. Both therapies helped me learn how to identify where my weaknesses were, provided me with exercises to hopefully regain what was lost, and also gave me strategies that helped me compensate during recovery."
He added, " When I began therapy, I was very weak, and I was not able to see anything to my left (left visual neglect). A year and 5 months later I have been able to resume, to some degree, most of the activities that I enjoyed before my injury. Things are not yet 100%, but I am thankful to God for the progress made so far. I am also very thankful for the support and services provided by Floyd Valley Therapy. The therapists have been personally invested in my recovery, and have been amazing sources of support to me. "Thanks" doesn't begin to express the appreciation that I have for the entire therapy department."
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