Clinical Specialties & Areas

There’s plenty of room to grow at Winter Haven Hospital

Nurses at Winter Haven Hospital have the opportunity to select from numerous clinical specialties and areas. From basic medical patients to the critically complex, nurses are encouraged to seek the clinical area where they will grow professionally and experience career satisfaction personally. Feeling stagnant in a particular area or specialty? Nurses at Winter Haven Hospital can apply for transfers to posted positions in other clinical areas—and start a whole new professional chapter of their lives! Click on any of the following patient care units to learn more about our services. Click on any member of our senior leadership team to learn more about our nurses who lead nurses.

Patient Services - Mary Jo Schreiber, RN, MSN, Vice-President

Winter Haven Hospital Campus

Critical Care - Debra Nieto-Wolf, ARNP-BC, Assistant Vice-President

• Surgical ICU (SICU)
• Medical ICU (MICU)
• Cardiac Interventional Unit (CIU)
• Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
• Cardiovascular Unit (CVU)
• Cardiac Catheterization Lab
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Services

Acute Care - Jennifer Neff, RN, BAN, Assistant Vice-President

• Advanced Medical Care Unit (AMCU)
• Oncology
• Ambulatory Care Unit (ACU)
• Dialysis

Acute Care - Walter Lupke, RN, MBA, Assistant Vice-President

• Neurology & Surgical Unit
• Medical Services Unit (MSU)
• Orthopeadic Specialty Unit (OSU)

Post-Acute - Walter Lupke, RN, MBA, Assistant Vice-President

• Joy Fuller Rehabilitation Unit

Psychiatric - Andrea Kaye Hixon, PhD, RN, CNAA, CPHQ

• Center for Psychiatry (CFP)

Surgical Services - Donald Gale, MD, MBA, Vice-President

• Main OR
• Post Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
• CVOR Suites
• Ambulatory Surgery & Diagnostic Center (AS&DC)
• Endoscopy

Emergency Services - Jenny Blank, RN, BSN, MA, Assistant Vice-President

• Emergency Department

Other Nursing Services

• Admission Nurses
• Float Team
• IV Team
• Enterostomal Therapy
• S.T.A.R.

Regency Medical Center

The Regency Medical Center is the second campus, located at 101 Ave. O, SE-just 1.4 miles south of Winter Haven Hospital. This 50-bed specialty hospital is devoted to women's services & eye surgery. Patient care units include:

Women's Services - Susie Hart, RNC-NIC, BS, Assistant Vice-President

• Labor & Delivery
• Mother/Baby/GYN
• Newborn Nursery & Level 2 Neonatal ICU (NICU)

Day Surgery Center - Donald Gale, MD, MBA, Vice-President

Other Specialty Services

• Mammography
  The Imaging Center offers low cost screening mammograms to assist in the early detection of breast cancer.
• Health and Wellness Library
  Staffed by a full-time resource coordinator, this comfortable setting offers books, videos, online searches, & other resources for women.
• Women's Health Updates
  Free monthly seminars on selected topics presented by our physicians and health professionals.
• Speakers Bureau
  Offers free programs on women's health topics take to area businesses and community groups.
• Lactation Services
  Our Lactation Consultants give specialized assistance to breastfeeding families, offering inpatient and outpatient consults. Pumps and other supplies are available.

Support Services
for patients in Winter Haven Hospital & the Regency Medical Center:

• Clinical Nurse Educators
  experts in their area of clinical area(s) are a resource to new grads and seasoned nurses alike! They conduct Nursing Orientation for new hires, a comprehensive New Grad orientation for GNs and GPNs, as well as provide educational inservices, competency-based evaluations (CBEs), and a host of other educational opportunities for staff-all ultimately ensuring competent nurses.
• Medical imaging
  has the most current technology in Nuclear Medicine with PET scanner, MRI, CT scanning, Mammography, as well as routine studies.
• Radiation Oncology ~
  provide comprehensive therapy under the direction of an on-staff radiation oncologist, using cutting edge technology & equipment (IMRT/IGRT, 3D conformal radiation, seed implants)
• Laboratory
  houses most in-patient work, occasionally sending out; however, the lab is a service provider to many of the area facilities and physician offices.
• Pharmacy
  services are decentralized during day hours and provide opportunities for growth into clinical areas. The other shifts are centralized, however still allowing for the opportunity to deal with clinical issues.
• Rehabilitation Services
  provides Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology for Acute Care including Orthopedics and Neurogenics, In-Patient Rehab.
• Respiratory Services
  employ Grad. Resp Therapists & RRTs for all areas and shifts including NICU.
• Nutrition Services
  offers inpatient and outpatient services by Registered Dieticians. Our cafeteria, The Basement Bistro, serves patients, families, employees, and physicians.
• Education Services
  offers community, staff and patient education programs; Winter Haven Hospital is a CPR, ACLS & PALS provider, offering courses on site regularly. Nurse, staff & physician education offered, including comprehensive courses annually (with CEUs) on the latest in patient care and treatment in a number of nursing areas. These include courses focusing on NEUROLOGY, ORTHOPEDICS, CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY, and NURSING RESEARCH. Education also houses a research library, with a full-time librarian to assist staff, physicians and visitors.
• Information Systems
  offers planning and support for the PC based systems - HBOC for clinical areas, and Lawson for business areas as well as all networking, installation, and troubleshooting.
• Health Information Systems
  include coding, transcription, tumor registry and maintenance of medical records. This involves working closely with the medical staff as well as care management / utilization review.
• Materials Management
  involves purchasing, print shop, & mail services.
• Admitting, Business Office, and Accounting
  services include internal recovery process and maintaining appropriate records for financial as well as patient documentation.
• Environmental Services
  involves extensive cleaning services. The linen department contracts with other healthcare facilities in the area to provide linen services daily. Patient Transport provides timely transporting of patients for therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
• Engineering & Facility Planning
  provide maintenance services to the plant as well as structural renovations & additions.

Other campuses & offices of Winter Haven Hospital, Inc., housing outpatient services, include:

• GIL JONES (Winter Haven)
  Winter Haven Hospital Rehabilitation Services
• BEHAVORIAL HEALTH DIVISION (BHD)
  comprehensive outpatient mental health & counseling services for adults & children (individual & group) at two locations:
  • Winter Haven
    The Sweet Center at 1201 1st Street South (across from the Regency Medical Center)
  • Sebring
    The Marge Brewster Center at 5825 US Hwy 27 N
    providing BHD services to the residents of Highlands & Hardee Counties
• FAMILY HEALTH CENTERS (FHC)
  offer one-stop medical care for the entire family. There are several convenient locations-Haines City, Winter Haven (2), Auburndale, Bartow & Lake Wales-with Board Certified Physicians and a wide range of primary care services for children ages two and over, adolescents, and adults.
• BLOOD BANKS of MID-FLORIDA MEDICAL SERVICES
  this community blood bank serves the needs of patients and hospitals in Eastern Polk County via three blood mobiles and two physical locations: Winter Haven Hospital campus and the Lake Wales Medical Center in Lake Wales.
• LIFELINE
  Winter Haven Hospital is proud to offer Lifeline, a personal response service, to the residents of Polk & surrounding counties. Lifeline provides peace-of-mind to families & continued independence to the user of this wonderful