Considered among the country’s best for neurology and neurosurgery, Florida Hospital’s Neuro Division specializes in the early detection and treatment of brain, spinal, and central nervous system diseases and disorders – including Parkinson’s disease, strokes, and brain tumors. The Neuroscience Institute at Florida Hospital has grown to become one of the most comprehensive institutes in the nation, treating more neuroscience patients than any other hospital in the nation. Using state-of-the-art treatments such as Interventional Neuroradiology, artificial spinal discs, and Gamma Knife® radiosurgery, our neurologists and neurosurgeons perform more neurosurgeries and treat more stroke patients than any other hospital in the state. Additionally our Orlando location is a Comprehensive and Primary Stroke Center and our Altamonte and East Orlando locations are Primary Stroke Centers.

Our supportive environment fosters growth and advancement with hands-on access to the latest technologies. Neuro units are equipped with ICP and EEG monitors, Arctic Sun, TeleVivio and other state-of-the-art equipment.

At Florida Hospital, we believe in promoting from within. With this in mind, we feature a Professional Practice Program and educational incentives. Neuro nurses come to Florida Hospital for the challenges; they stay for the opportunity to learn and advance in a clinical environment that is recognized as one of the best in the nation.

Neuro offers the intensely gratifying challenges of working in a complex specialty as part of a top-performing team. Our nurses advocate, care for and comfort patients and their families during difficult times and critical situations. We also help each other in whatever way is needed, with a togetherness that is unique and beneficial.

Neuro Critical Care
As one of the Southeast’s largest Neuro Intensive Care units, we're advancing the care of brain injuries, spinal injuries, hemorrhagic pathologies, medical neurological pathologies, seizures and brain attacks. In this 32-bed unit (20 ICU, 2 INR Stroke, 10 intermediate), the Nurse/Patient Ratio is 1:2 (1:3 intermediate). We treat complex spinal surgeries with fellowship-trained physicians.

Neuro Medical Unit
This 35-bed progressive care unit boasts a Nurse/Patient Ratio of 1:3-4 and supports one of the busiest stroke hospitals in the state. Utilizing a Clinical Team Nursing model, the team treats brain attacks, TIAs, altered mental status, brain tumors, seizures and other neurological conditions.

Neuro Surgical Unit
We are the region’s busiest spinal surgery and remote telemetry unit, performing more than 1,300 complex procedures each year in our 30-bed unit. In this Neuro progressive care unit we treat complex spinal surgeries with fellowship-trained physicians and a Nurse/Patient Ratio of 1:3-4. Our advanced technologies include Gamma Knife® radiosurgery, Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and interventional neuroradiology.

Neuro/Ortho Research
The Florida Hospital Neuroscience Institute Clinical Research Division offers nurses and other healthcare professionals the opportunity to work on a variety of cutting-edge clinical research trials. Pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and research registries are used to advance the field of neurological research and provide advanced treatments for patients.