Welcome To Naval Hospital Bremerton
NHB Mission Statement
Mission
Support our warfighters, past and present, and their families by:
Providing exceptional care anytime, anywhere
Shaping military medicine through training, research, and graduate medical education
Preparing our forces for deployment
Vision
To be the premier military treatment facility for quality, access, and customer service
Guiding Principles:
Treat everyone with dignity and respect
Work as a team
Ensure quality and safety
Value integrity and good stewardship
Provide compassionate patient and family-centered care
Deliver superior customer service
Maintain work and life balance
NHB General Command/Scope of Services Overview
Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) is a community-based acute care and obstetrical hospital, offering expert primary care, emergency care and a broad range of medical and surgical specialties, with 36 inpatient beds (with expansion capacity to 72+). The hospital is conveniently located between Naval Base Kitsap (NBK) Bremerton and NBK Bangor. NHB is parent command for three Naval Branch Health Clinics and the Puget Sound Family Medicine Residency Program. The three clinics are located at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, NBK Bangor and Naval Station Everett.
Naval Hospital Bremerton has a three-fold primary mission to support our warfighters, past and present, and their families by: Providing exceptional care anytime, anywhere; shape military medicine through training, research, and graduate medical education; and to prepare our forces for deployment.
Naval Hospital Bremerton and its clinic’s staff consist of over 1,400 dedicated military, civilian, contract and American Red Cross volunteer personnel.
Over the course of last year, Naval Hospital Bremerton had up to 11 percent of the active duty staff deployed supporting combat units in Iraq, Afghanistan, at Expeditionary Medical Facility Kuwait and other locales such as Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, as well as being engaged in humanitarian aid and disaster response missions such as Operation Unified Assistance in Haiti and on USNS Mercy for Pacific Partnership 2010 that visited Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Timor Leste.
Naval Hospital Bremerton staff physicians are board-certified and all take part in continuing education to keep abreast of the latest changes in their fields. They are trained at some of the leading institutions in the United States including the University of Washington, Harvard Medical School, and the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Many of our nurses hold advanced certifications and degrees, and we have the only certified Nurse Midwifes on the Kitsap Peninsula. Our health care professionals strive to maintain the highest standards of professionalism and excellence.
Naval Hospital Bremerton offers a variety of programs and services, providing our patients with the most effective and appropriate tools to maintain health and wellness for life. All services are centrally located at the main hospital with the exception of our health clinics and our drive-through satellite refill pharmacy, which is located nearby in the Jackson Park Navy family housing area.
As partners in the TRICARE West Region, Naval Hospital Bremerton's dedicated staff, along with TriWest Healthcare Alliance, provides compassionate, timely and quality care to over 85,000 eligible beneficiaries that reside in the greater Puget Sound area (with approx. 60,000 on the Kitsap Peninsula alone). To ensure our patients receive optimum diagnosis and treatment, NHB collaborates with local and national Military Treatment Facilities and civilian health care institutions in both a teaching and knowledge sharing capacity.
What's New at NHB
Environmental Stewardship is Everyone's Responsibility!
Responsible disposal of medications protects the environment. Unused medications when improperly disposed is harmful to the environment. If flushed down the toilet, biologically active medications can end up in our waterways and in groundwater. Throw it in the garbage and it will eventually leach out and contaminate the soil. Unused medications that collect at homes are a source of poisoning for children and young adults.
In Washington State, poisoning is the second highest cause of death among children due to overdose of prescription or over-the-counter medications. Medications that are kept around for no reason is an opportunity for children to get into them. Medications should be disposed as soon as it is no longer needed. Ideally, unused medications should be taken to an approved facility that takes back these medications. If not available then the proper way to dispose them is described in the enclosed poster.
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Taking Care of Your Ticker
Did you know that walking for at least a half hour, six days a week can cut mortality rates from heart disease in half?
Walking regularly also lowers the risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and some kinds of cancer.
Reduce Your Cancer Risk
Team up with the cancer "heros" and combat the "villains" whenever you can.
HEROES: a diet rich in whole grains, fruits and vegetables; a half hour or more of exercise most days’ a health weight; screenings; and early detection. VILLIANS: tobacco use; alcohol abuse: harmful ultraviolet rays; a high fat-diet; and inactivity.
Naval Hospital Bremerton Smoking Policy
There are two authorized smoking areas on the Naval Hospital Bremerton compound.
Designated areas are:
* The smoking shelter on lower Boone Road (on the NE side of the hospital by the water)
* The smoking shelter located at the Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) BBQ Pit, Building 9
Smoking is NOT allowed anywhere inside the hospital, at entrances, at bus stops or in parking lots.
Pregnant? Text 4 Baby's Health
Pregnant women and new mothers can now receive free text messages that will help keep them and their babies in good health. The Military Health System is proud to rank among the government partners in this new program, which works like this:
By texting BABY to 511411 on a mobile phone (or BEBE for a version in Spanish), pregnant women will begin receiving three free SMS text messages each week that are timed to their due date or baby's date of birth.
These messages focus on topics critical to maternal and child health, including birth-defect prevention, immunization, nutrition, seasonal flu, mental health, oral health, and safe sleep. Messages will also connect women to prenatal and infant care services and other resources.
Called "Text4Baby", the program is a mobile health partnership that includes private and public organizations including the Department of Health and Human Services, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and founding corporate sponsor John and Johnson. Government and nonprofit health experts ensure that the text messages contain accurate health information.
For more info, visit text4baby.org.
Naval Hospital Bremerton presents Self Care Presentations
· Brain Health: September 16
· Healthy Holidays: November 16
Join us in the Naval Hospital’s Terrace Dining Room at 2:00 pm.
Enjoy lively presentations by health care experts.
No registration is required.
For more information e-mail nhb.healthpromotion@med.navy.mil or call 360-475-4541
Massage Services Available at Naval Hospital Bremerton
Are you in need of a therapeutic massage?
MWR Massage services are available by appointment in the Naval Hospital Wellness Center (walk-ins accepted if cancellations occur).
Services range from Sports massage (15 minutes for $15 or 30 minutes for $35), or any of the following 60-minute massages for $55: Full Body Relaxation Massage, Maternity Massage, Foot Reflexology with Relaxation Massage, Back and Neck with Relaxation Massage or Deep Tissue with Relaxation Massage.
Call Marieta Grover, LMP, Massage Therapist at 360-265-3348 today to make your appointment, or email familymassageMG@comcast.net.
Interim Life Safety Measures, what are they?
Interim Life Safety Measures (ILSM) are administrative actions taken to temporarily compensate for hazards posed when fire protection features of the facility are compromised (such as maintenance, construction, remodeling, or other events).
The hazards may include temporarily changing an evacuation route, securing a sprinkler system, disabling the fire alarm system during maintenance, etc. ILSM may include announcements that give instructions, detour signs showing alternate routes to exits, and increased inspections by safety staff.
Family Nights, Pre-deployment Fairs? We have Briefers Available
Naval Hospital Bremerton has staff willing to speak to your command or family group -- about Health Promotion activities, the TRICARE program, or any other health related topic you wish to discuss.
Please contact Kendra Scroggs at 475-4408 if you are interested in having a hospital or TriWest rep speak to you.
TRICARE Informational Briefings
To increase awareness about the TRICARE program, Naval Hospital Bremerton is hosting "TRICARE Overview" briefings.
These briefings are open to anyone interested in learning more about the TRICARE program.
Briefings for 2010 will be held in Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Healthcare Support Building (Building 14) on November 3.
All meetings are held at 11:00. No reservation is required.
For additional information, please call Kendra Scroggs at (360) 475-4408.
After hours Access Line Available for Urgent Issues & Advice
An after-hours access line is available to beneficiaries enrolled to Naval Hospital Bremerton (or one of our health clinics) with questions, concerns and/or wanting to contact a provider.
The access line is staffed 24 hours a day, however, during working hours patients are asked to call their clinic directly.
After working hours the access line will provide information or contact a provider to assist patients (if needed).
The purpose of this service is to allow direct access to providers for urgent issues or urgent advice.
It is not designed for routine matters such as medication refills or laboratory result follow up.
The access line can be reached by calling: 360-475-5700 (for Bremerton, Bangor, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard) or 425-304-4060 (for Everett).
Request Your Help in Reducing No-Show’s
If you know you’re not going to be able to make an appointment, please call and cancel at the earliest opportunity.
This allows the clinic to open that appointment for someone else.
Our goal is to reduce the number of unused appointments at the hospital and clinics and offer greater access to our beneficiaries.
To cancel or reschedule an appointment, call the TRICARE Regional Appointment Center at 800-404-4506.
Naval Hospital Bremerton News of Note
FCPOA Takes Tasty Title in NHB Barbeque Competition
By MC1 (SW) Charlemagne Obana, Assistant NHB PAO -- Naval Hospital Bremerton’s (NHB) First Class Petty Officer Association (FCPOA) was picked as the top epicurean choice in the command’s 2nd Annual Barbeque Competition on Aug. 31. They held off the Second Class Petty Officers (SCPOA in spicy, spirited and sizzling head to head competition. More...
NHB DECON teams successfully complete CBRNE training
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB PAO -- Decontamination Teams from Naval Hospital Bremerton successfully conducted and concluded a DECON certification course on August 20, to prepare to receive casualties during a Chemical/Biological/Radiological/Nuclear/ Explosion (CBRNE) event. More...
NHB’s Color Guard helps render honors to arrival of 9/11 steel beams in Kitsap
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB PAO -- Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Color Guard took part in the symbolic and solemn honor of helping to fold the flag that arrived as hallowed wrapping for two steel I-beams from the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, during an arrival ceremony on August 22, at the Kitsap Mall in Silverdale Wash. The iconic steel beams will be included in a Kitsap County memorial to recognize the events of 9/11. (Official Navy photos by HM3 Kyle Murphy) More...
NHB assists with West Sound Safety and Health Expo
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB PAO -- Naval Hospital Bremerton staff members from various departments assisted in the 3rd annual 2010 West Sound Safety & Health Expo held August 18 and 19 at the Kitsap Harborside Conference Center and Bremerton waterfront boardwalk. The event brought together Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility with the City of Bremerton to help promote on-the-job safety and optimum ways to maximize necessary health, wellness and fitness to the work force, family member and surrounding community. More...
Back To School and Sports Physicals at NHB
By MC1(SW) Charlemagne Obana, NHB Assistant PAO – The Family Medicine Department of Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) conducted back to school and sports physicals for eligible dependents after normal working hours from 5 pm to 7 pm on Aug. 3 at NHB. More...
63rd MSC Birthday Celebrated At NHB
By MC1 (SW) Charlemagne Obana, NHB Assistant PAO – Medical Service Corps (MSC) officers from Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) celebrated the 63rd MSC birthday alongside fellow staff members on the NHB quarterdeck, Aug. 4. More...
Navy Top Doc commends Naval Hospital Bremerton during official visit
By Douglas H Stutz, NHB PAO -- Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., Navy Surgeon General, Chief, Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED), visited Naval Hospital Bremerton on August 2 as part of his tour to the Pacific Northwest.
“Naval Hospital Bremerton is a proud example of the great work the men and women of Navy Medicine do every day to support Sailors, Marines and their families around the world," said Robinson. "Your reputation is spectacular in everything from providing for our beneficiaries to the residency program,” said Robinson. More...
