Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Norfolk, Virginia

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Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is a 644-bed tertiary care hospital. Located in Norfolk, Virginia, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is one of the leading hospitals in Virginia. Consumers in fourteen counties, which encompass and surround Norfolk, have named Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, their hospital of choice. As a matter of fact, in surveys done by National Research Corporation, Sentara Norfolk General Hospital has been named "Consumer's Choice", for seven years in a row. (Sentara Norfolk General Hospital is one of only 126 hospitals in America to ever be named a "Consumer's Choice" hospital).

Featured specialties at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital include: Cardiac Care, Cancer Care, Diabetes Treatment, Neurosciences, Transplant Services, Trauma/Emergency Room Services, Vascular Services, and Women's Services.

U.S. News and World Report, it it's 2004 edition on "America's Best Hospitals", ranks the cardiac care unit at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital as the 40th best in the nation.

Transplant Services, which are currently offered at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, include: kidney, heart, lung, and heart/lung. (Transplants are available only when compatible organs are in supply).

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital has a Level I Trauma Center that treats thousands of patients annually.

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital was recently ranked 44th in a survey of The Top 50 Hospitals in America. The survey was done by the folks at Consumer's Checkbook, and was published in Modern Maturity, a publication of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP). The survey judged hospitals using various criteria such as: medical mortality rate; surgical mortality rate; physician ratings (where doctors rated particular hospitals); and accreditation score (given by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations).

At press time, there are open nursing jobs at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Sentara Norfolk General Hospital offers competitive pay and great benefits as enticements to lure additional nurses to what is already a great nursing staff.

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