Our Staff

FMC has a team of specially trained nurses, therapists, technicians and doctors ready to take care of you once the decision to have a joint replacement surgery is made. The Joint Replacement Team members have gone through extensive training in preparation for this important event in your life. The Joint Surgery Center also has a dedicated advanced practice nurse to oversee the care you receive at FMC. This nurse is called the Joint Care Coordinator and is available to answer questions before and after your surgery.

Role of the Joint Care Coordinator
The Joint Care Coordinator will be responsible for your care needs from the preoperative course through discharge and postoperative discharge follow-up.
The Joint Care Coordinator will:

Act as your liaison throughout the course of treatment from preoperative through postoperative discharge
Coordinate your discharge plan to outpatient services, home or a sub-acute facility
Answer questions and coordinate your hospital care with the Joint Surgery Center team members
Coordinate preoperative scheduling for preoperative total joint class
Act as a liaison for coordination of your preoperative care between the doctor’s office, the hospital and the testing facilities, if necessary
Answer questions and direct you to specific resources within the hospital

FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS

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CONTACT
INFORMATION

You can contact the Joint Care Coordinator
at 928 214-2812
or by e-mail.