About Surgery at Hunterdon Medical Center

Hunterdon Medical Center’s Surgical Services provide:

• State-of-the-art technology: Our operating rooms contain the most advanced technology available. Many of our surgeries are minimally invasive procedures, an increasingly popular surgical technique that means patients have smaller incisions, shorter hospital stays and a quicker and easier recovery.
• Expert professional staffing: Our experienced staff has advanced training in the latest surgical techniques, including laparoscopic procedures. Our nursing staff has achieved Magnet status, which recognizes excellence in nursing care.
• Patient Navigators: Hunterdon Medical Center uniquely offers patient navigators, who guide patients through many surgical procedures, from pre-admission testing to post-discharge, through our whole continuum of care.
• Comforting Environment: Surgical patients tend to recover quicker in our aesthetically pleasing private and semiprivate rooms. Our staff warmly greets patients when they arrive at the 5th floor surgical unit and are attentive to all patient needs.
• Holistic care: Hunterdon Medical Center practices the holistic model of care that promotes wellness through conventional medicine and innovative complementary therapies. Our professional staff – including the surgeon, anesthesiologists and specially trained nurses – works as a team with your physician to provide a full circle of care. And at the center of that full circle of care is YOU: the most important person on the surgery team!
• Personalized patient care: Most of the members of the Surgical Services department live in the community where they work. Therefore, the nurses who tend to you, the technicians who X-ray you, the volunteers who visit your room, are all your neighbors, who treat you like a member of their own family. The patient-to-nurse average is 4:1, far below the national standard of care.