Radiology

Contact Info

Phone:
252-522-7087

Email:
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Fax:
252-522-7167

Radiology is an inpatient and outpatient oriented department. The patient population includes approximately 30% inpatients and 70% outpatients.  Services are available for neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients.  The Radiology department performs approximately 65,000 exams per year.   The following is a breakdown of sub-department hours of service:

Computed Tomography: Normal business hours 7:30 am-10:00 pm M-F for scheduled procedures.  Third shift coverage for emergency and inpatient studies is provided 365 days per year from 9pm to 7:30am. On-call coverage is provided on Saturday and Sunday, and on holidays from 7:30am to 9pm.

Photo of image examination Diagnostic Radiography: 24-hour coverage is provided with staff on duty 365 days/year.  Routine fluoroscopic exams and diagnostic procedures  are generally scheduled for normal business hours 7:30 am-4:00 pm M-F, and after hours by Radiologist approval.  Routine radiographic exams can be done on a walk in basis from 7:30 am to 10:00 pm, M-F.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Normal business hours 7:00 am-10:00 pm M-F and Saturday 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. The Radiology department will attempt to call back MRI personnel for emergency cord compression exams after normal business hours.

Nuclear Medicine: Normal business hours 7:00 am-4:30 pm M-F. On-call coverage provided from 7:30am-12:00pm Saturday, Sunday, and holidays.

Ultrasound: Normal business hours 7:30-8:00 pm M-F. On-call coverage provided after normal business hours M-F, and all day Saturday, Sunday, and holidays.

Cardiac Cath/Special Procedures: Normal business hours 7:30am-4:00p M-F. The Radiology department will attempt to call back Special Procedures personnel for emergency interventional vascular procedures after normal business hours.

 
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Safe Kids invites you to “be our guest”

Safe Kids/Safe Communities serves Lenoir, Greene, and Jones Counties.  Bi-monthly meetings are held at Lenoir Memorial Hospital the lead organization for the coalition. Safe Kids’  mission is to reduce the number of children killed or injured from preventable injuries. If anyone is interested in attending a Safe Kids/Safe Communities meeting, please contact Velvet Tyndall at 252-522-7471 or Joy Brock 252-747-8183.

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Nutrition Counseling

What do Dietitians do?       
Lenoir Memorial Hospital offers one-on-one nutrition counseling services with a registered dietitian who will work with you to create a custom-tailored plan to meet your personal needs, desires and goals.Our professional nutrition experts can develop an individualized eating plan that will help you reach your personal health goals and meet required nutrition adaptations necessary in some complex medical conditions.     Focusing On Your Unique Dietary Health Concerns   Our dietitians can assess and provide for the nutritional needs of inpatients, and outpatient community members. Nutrition counseling is given for diabetes, geriatrics, maternal and child health, sports nutrition, weight loss or gain, cancer related nutrition issues, and food allergies. Many other situations also can benefit from nutrition counseling. The dietitian will work with your physician to provide a treatment plan which may include the following:
· ideal body weight, caloric and dietary needs
· foods that help facilitate swallowing
· special diets for children and seniors
· dietary modifications that need to be made as a result of an acute    situation or a disability
· patient and family education on nutrition topics related to diseases    (i.e., diabetes, short bowel                       syndrome)

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Recognize a nurse Sunday

This year Recognize a nurse Sunday is May 2, and as part of the National Nurses Week  promotion, we hope that you will take this opportunity to recognize the nurses who are part of your community.

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Dietitians are Clinical Experts

Outpatient nutrition counseling on a variety of subjects such as diabetes, weight loss, and high cholesterol is available one-on-one to our community. If you are interested in seeing a Registered Dietitian, please call the Lenoir Memorial clinical nutrition office at (252) 522-7287 and let our staff help obtain a physician referral for you. Once we have received a physician’s referral your appointment can be scheduled.

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Wellness Lending Library

Need an interesting presentation for your ladies group, civic organization, or church group? We can help you fill  Through special grant funding, thirty-minute videos and user-friendly discussion guides are available for groups to borrow to facilitate dialogue among participants. Each video is 15-20 minutes long. Call 252-522-7014 to reserve a video at no fee.those chairs!

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