This post was written by admin on June 24, 2010
Posted Under: Non-fiction

floor: n

1: [Common Use]  The part of the unit in which the patients spend their time. As opposed to the nurses’ station (fishbowl) or therapy rooms.

“What are you doing out here on the floor with a college degree?”

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Lakeside Behavioral Health System: n

abbrev. Lakeside

1: [Common Use] The psychiatric hospital I worked in right after college.

2: [Advertising] The premier provider of specialized behavioral health and addictive disease services in the Memphis and mid-south region.

3: [Advertising] A place of possibilities.

“Sorry guys. Can’t make it tonight. I have to work at Lakeside in the morning.”

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Universal Health Services: n

abbrev. UHS

1: [Common Use] The corporation that owns the psychiatric hospital I worked in right after college.

2: [Advertising] One of the nation’s largest and most respected healthcare management companies, operating through its subsidiaries, acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers nationwide and in Puerto Rico.

“The UHS strategy is to build or purchase healthcare properties in rapidly-growing markets and create a strong franchise based on exceptional service and effective cost control.” [emphasis added]