600 Hospital Drive
Monroe, NC 28112
704-283-3100

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Carolinas Medical Center-Union, accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), is a modern facility offering high quality patient care through a well-trained medical staff. The 157-bed center offers residents of Union and surrounding counties a complete range of medical service. The CMC-Union staff is equipped to handle all types of major and minor conditions using advanced technology and compassion.

Career Opportunities
CMC-Union has a variety of employment opportunities available. For more information, call the Jobs Line at 704-283-3113, toll free at 877-399-3113 or email Human Resources.

Women and Children's Center
The Women and Children's Center offers specialized health services to meet the physical and emotional needs of women and children. The renovated maternity suites, pediatric unit, newborn nursery, and postpartum and gynecology units were expanded for greater patient comfort. The Women and Children's Center also offers extensive educational programs. The Lactation Center, staffed by a certified lactation consultant, provides inpatient and follow-up care for breastfeeding mothers. An in-house, state-of-the-art outoacoustical testing service allows physicians to assess the hearing capabilities of newborns.

For more information, call 704-283-3254.

Web Baby Nursery
Carolinas HealthCare System's Web Baby Nursery provides family and friends a way to see their new loved ones born at CMC-Union.

For security reasons, the parents have requested their baby's page be password protected. If you don't know or remember the visitor password, please contact the parents for that information.

Permission to post new babies in the Web Baby Nursery has been granted by the baby's parents or legal guardians.

To view the new baby in your family, click here.

For more information, call Customer Service at 1-800-433-0855 or email CustomerCare@GrowingFamily.com. You may submit questions or comments online.

Cardiovascular Center
The Cardiovascular Center at CMC-Union provides patients with heart disease the convenience of care close to home. The center offers a full range of cardiac diagnostic services, including outpatient heart catheterizations. Computerized catheterization techniques allow cardiologists to view the heart and blood vessels from many angles.

Behavioral Health Center
The Behavioral Health Center, known as First Step, provides treatment for chemical dependency problems. Patients and families attend group and individual counseling sessions. It is the only full-service treatment facility within the tri-county area. The Center offers medically supervised detoxification, inpatient services and an outpatient residential program. The center is accredited by JCAHO and is licensed by the State of North Carolina.

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For more information, call 704-283-2043.

Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
The Cardiac Rehabilitation Program provides a comprehensive approach to the rehabilitation of patients dealing with heart disease. The goal of this program is to help return patients to a level of activity appropriate for a healthy lifestyle and to reduce cardiovascular risk factors. The staff includes an exercise physiologist, a registered nurse, a registered dietitian, a clinical psychologist and a medical director. The program is certified by the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

For more information, call 704-226-2096.

Home Care
Through CMC-Union's Home Care Services, patients receive quality care in the comfort of their own homes. Skilled nurses, home health aides and professional therapists help patients recover from surgery or recuperating from illness quickly and safely while in familiar surroundings.

For more information, call 704-283-3381.

Emergency Department
Specially trained Emergency Department physicians and nurses provide modern urgent and emergency care 24 hours a day. More than 3,000 patients a month are treated for either minor and major emergencies. This department is equipped with trauma rooms and treatment rooms used exclusively for cardiac, obstetric, pediatric, ophthalmic and orthopaedic emergencies. Many Emergency Department physicians and nurses are certified in advanced cardiac life support, trauma nursing, emergency nurse pediatrics and pediatric advanced life support. Trauma care at Union Regional is supported by Med Center Air, Union EMS Transport and other resources of Carolinas HealthCare System.

The Sleep Center
Carolinas Sleep Center at CMC-Union has the technology and expertise to diagnose and treat a variety of adult and pediatric sleep disorders. Disorders treated include sleep apnea, insomnia, dependence on sleeping pills, sleep walking, night terrors, nightmares and more.

For more information, call 800-2SLEEPEZ.

Smith Nursing Center
Smith Nursing Accredited by JCAHO, Smith Nursing Center is dedicated to providing high quality, rehabilitative, skilled and intermediate services to the elderly. We enhance the quality of life for our residents through a wide variety of social programs, special activities and outings. We also promote a home environment by encouraging family and intergenerational programs, interaction with pets, and gardening.

We offer the following services:

		Rehabilitation services, including physical, occupational and speech therapy
		Psychiatric and psychological care
		Dental Care
		Pharmacy services
		Licensed dietitians for nutritional needs
		Beautician services
		Laundry

For more information about Smith Nursing Center, call 704-283-3282.

Rehabilitative Services
A variety of rehabilitation services is provided by licensed physical, speech and occupational therapists. After a thorough assessment, CMC-Union therapists customize a treatment plan for each patient. Physical therapy includes orthopaedic, neurological and wound care. It helps patients with deficits in strength, flexibility, mobility and balance to return to their daily activities. Speech therapy helps patients regain a variety of functions including comprehension (listening and reading), expression (speaking and writing), and swallowing and cognition. Occupational therapy assists patients in regaining their ability to perform daily activities. This is accomplished by rehabilitating their cognition, visual perception, sensation, or upper extremity function. For more information about Rehabilitative Services, call 704-283-3277.

Surgical Center
The Surgical Center offers an impressive level of experience and technological expertise. More than 25 surgeons, specializing in general, urological, orthopaedic, vascular, gynecologic, ear-nose-throat, plastic, dental and ophthalmic (eye) surgeries, rely on CMC-Union's six state-of-the-art surgical suites.

The Day Surgery Center
Located within CMC-Union, the Day Surgery Center has a 12-bed unit for patients who are being prepared of the operating room, endoscopy procedure rooms, a Catheterization lab, a Pain Clinic and a Phase II recovery unit. Procedures performed at the center include cataract removal, hernia repair, endoscopy, biopsies, and minor ear-nose-throat surgeries. The Day Surgery Center serves approximately 700 patients per month.

For more information or to tour the center, call 704-283-3138 .

Diabetes Center
The Diabetes Center addresses the area's growing need for diabetes education through individual and group sessions. Adult and pediatric patients learn how to control symptoms, prevent long-term complications and manage other conditions associated with diabetes.

For more information, call 704-226-2025.

Medical Staff
CMC-Union's medical staff represents a variety of specialties including anesthesiology, cardiology, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, gastroenterology, general/vascular surgery, gynecology, internal medicine, nephrology, neurology, obstetrics, oncology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otolaryngology, pathology, pediatrics, plastic surgery, pulmonology, radiology and urology.

For more information about CMC-Union, call 704-283-3100 or visit www.cmc-union.org. Mailing Address, PO Box 5003, Monroe, NC 28111