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AdventHealth Heart of Florida is 202-bed acute care hospital in the city of Davenport. It is one of two main hospital campuses in Polk County along with a freestanding ER. Together, AdventHealth Heart of Florida, AdventHealth Lake Wales and AdventHealth 4 Corners ER provide care to people in Polk, Osceola, Orange and Lake Counties.

Clinical Pastoral Education students will find the campuses of AdventHealth in Polk County to be a place of learning and ministry with diverse patients, families and staff, at the crossroads of Central Florida living.

Spiritual care encounters as part of CPE clinical curriculum provide opportunity for participating in whole-person care in some of these clinical specialty areas:

• Neurological Care
• Bariatric and Weight Care
• Cancer Care
• Cardiology Services
• Behavioral Health Care
• Women’s Care
• Diabetes Center
• Emergency Services (Adult and Pediatric)
• Men’s Care
• Primary Care
• Orthopedic Care
• Mother and Baby Care
• Rehabilitation Care
• Imaging Services
• Wound Care
• Comprehensive Lab Testing

AH Lake Placid opened in 1982, offering emergency and outpatient services. Inpatient services were added in 1989 to further meet the needs of residents in South Highlands County. AH Lake Placid houses 33 medical and surgical beds, the county's only 17 bed inpatient mental health unit, an outpatient counseling center, and a wide range of services that are highly sophisticated for a small community hospital.

AdventHealth Lake Wales is a 160-bed hospital. It is one of two main hospital campuses in Polk County along with a freestanding ER. Together, AdventhHealth Lake Wales, AdventHealth Heart of Florida and AdventHealth 4 Corners ER provide care to people in Polk, Osceola, Orange and Lake Counties.

Clinical Pastoral Education students will find the campuses of AdventHealth in Polk County to be a place of learning and ministry with diverse patients, families and staff, at the crossroads of Central Florida living.

Spiritual care encounters as part of CPE clinical curriculum provide opportunity for participating in whole-person care in some of these clinical specialty areas:

• Neurological Care
• Bariatric and Weight Care
• Cancer Care
• Cardiology Services
• Behavioral Health Care
• Women’s Care
• Diabetes Center
• Emergency Services (Adult & Pediatric)
• Men’s Care
• Primary Care
• Orthopedic Care
• Mother and Baby Care
• Rehabilitation Care
• Imaging Services
• Wound Care
• Comprehensive Lab Testing

AH Ocala was founded as Marion General Hospital in 1898. Thirty years later, in 1928, the hospital was renamed Munroe Regional Medical Center in honor of local philanthropist T.T. Munroe and has operated continuously for more than 120 years. On August 1, 2018, the hospital joined another 100-year legacy of caring for the people in Central Florida as it became part of the Adventist Health System and was renamed Florida Hospital Ocala. Another name change came in January of 2019 with the rebranding of rebranding of AHS to become AdventHealth.

AH Ocala is a Joint Commission accredited 425-bed acute care hospital serving Ocala, Marion County and the surrounding area. The hospital offers 24/7 Emergency Care with a specialized Pediatric Emergency Department in the heart of Ocala along with a free-standing Emergency Department at Timber Ridge in western Marion County. AH Ocala also offers Diagnostic Testing, Inpatient and Outpatient Surgery, Women’s and Children's Services including Labor and Delivery Services, a Level II NICU, Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery and Inpatient and Outpatient Therapy. AH Ocala has earned certification for Chest Pain Center and has been recognized as an Advanced Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission.

Patients at AH Ocala can expect to be cared for in a manner consistent with the healing ministry of Jesus Christ. To all patients, we extend care to the mind, body and spirit, caring for the whole person, each and every time.

AdventHealth Heartland Division extends the healing ministry of Christ to our neighbors in Highlands and Hardee counties in Central Florida with three hospital locations in Sebring, Lake Placid and Wauchula.

Opened in November 1997, AH Sebring’s 230,000 square-foot, three-story medical center includes a comprehensive fitness center, a community education center, and a resource and information library. The 86-acre site gives our campus plenty of room to grow. Currently, it houses 159 beds in private rooms and the area’s largest hospital-based laboratory and radiology services plus comprehensive diagnostic and treatment facilities.

• 11 beautifully decorated birthing suites
• 12 ICU beds
• 12-bed pediatric unit with playroom
• 4 surgical suites with microsurgery and laser capabilities
• Two endoscopy rooms, a cystoscopy room and a special procedures room
• State-of-the-art emergency department with additional "Fast Track" care for life's not-so-emergent emergencies
• CT scanner, MRI, radiation therapy and chemotherapy, among other diagnostic and treatment facilities
• Comprehensive fitness center, including stroke and cardiac rehabilitation, and fitness trail
• Cardiac Catheterization Lab
• A community education center and library, offering free and low-cost community classes, screenings and a resource information library

Licensed for 25 beds, the Wauchula facility specializes in emergency and outpatient care, while offering excellent medical inpatient services. The inpatient unit is mixed with both acutely ill patients and patients who need short-term rehabilitation (transitional care). Our transitional care unit in Wauchula is a vital link in the chain of patient care. This unit bridges the gap between the high-level supervision of an acute-care nursing unit and the less-intensive care of home health care.