Regency Hospital - Meridian

10/01/2025

It’s National Physical Therapy Month. Our theme throughout October is, “Your future is better with PT!” We will highlight how physical therapy can lead to a better, stronger tomorrow.

Our physical therapists are here to guide patients through every step of recovery, from hospital to home. For our patients, that means helping them return to the moments that matter. For our physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, it means making a difference and helping people move forward.

Join us throughout the month as we highlight the power of physical therapy.

09/27/2025

Michael Scott has a lot of faith in physical therapists. And he has a lot of faith in himself. When a motorcycle crash paralyzed his legs, it didn’t take long for the 29-year-old to move from acceptance to adapting to and overcoming his spinal cord injury. A physician-led team of physical, occupational and recreational therapists from HonorHealth Rehabilitation Hospital were there to help, with innovative technology and helping him develop strategies for everyday tasks like dressing himself.

To learn more about Select Medical’s network of hospitals, visit: https://www.selectmedical.com/about-us/

Lying in his hospital bed moments after a doctor gave him some of the worst news of his life, Michael Scott found solace.

09/26/2025

Spinal cord injuries (SCI) demand highly specialized care. At Select Medical specialty hospitals, an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, therapists, and dietitians and others collaborate to address the complex challenges patients’ face – from blood pressure fluctuations and pain, to muscle loss, pressure sores and digestive issues that can lead to malnutrition.

“Good nutrition plays a supportive role in recovery,” said Camilla Johnson, clinical dietitian, Baylor Scott & White Institute for Rehabilitation. She supports and educates patients with SCI during their rehabilitation. “In the hospital, good nutrition reduces the length of stay and … it enhances overall outcomes,” she said.

Here are four ways our dietitians contribute to patient care to promote healing and prevent complications.

09/25/2025

Laz Reeder checked into a hospital for hernia surgery, but aspirated during anesthesia and went into respiratory failure. The 35-year-old Florida man needed two life support machines to survive. A month later when Laz had stabilized, his wife Sierra turned to the continuum of care at Select Specialty Hospital - Pensacola and Select Medical Rehabilitation - Pensacola to continue his recovery and rehabilitation. Laz had mountains of motivation waiting for him at home: his baby daughter, Nyla.

Read his full story: https://bit.ly/3IEJZPj

09/25/2025

Life changes with a spinal cord injury (SCI). Nurses play an important role in supporting patients with an SCI and their loved ones as they navigate their recovery journey.

As instrumental players on our physician-led multidisciplinary care team, nurses direct care and advocate for their patients’ physical and emotional needs as they recover and prepare to return home after rehabilitation.

Our Registered Nurses (RNs) provide 24-hour hands-on care, tending to a range of needs from administering medications to monitoring patients’ bowel and bladder functions to ensuring patients change position frequently to avoid pressure wounds. Nurses also reinforce therapy, helping patients put into practice exercises to strengthen deconditioned muscles and new ways of dressing and grooming.

Additionally, nurses offer emotional support to their patients with an SCI – problem-solving with them as they work through challenges. In preparation for discharge, nurses also ensure patients and their loved ones are aware of community resources to support their independence and well-being.

09/24/2025

Pain is a significant problem for patients with a spinal cord injury (SCI) and can come in many forms. Working closely with the patient’s physician and therapy team, the pharmacist will develop a comprehensive pain management plan that helps mitigate and manage pain throughout the patient's journey.

Pharmacists regularly review medications to help these patients manage their pain, calibrating dosage and mitigating side effects. Here are the types of pain experienced by patients with an SCI.

09/22/2025

Patients living with spinal cord injury (SCI) can experience sensory challenges that inhibit mobility and create fall risks. Fall prevention education is a focus throughout the SCI rehabilitation journey by Select Medical specialty hospital teams, including physical therapists.

Physical therapists help educate individuals with SCI about fall risk by integrating safe mobility strategies early into their care plan. For instance, the introduction of any new equipment, such as a bed or wheelchair, increases the risk for falls. Fall prevention is also underscored in a comprehensive rehabilitation plan of care across disciplines to incorporate equipment that builds muscle strength, promotes balance and improves mobility.

Deep commitment and collaboration across the interdisciplinary team of rehabilitation specialists is essential to ensuring the safe discharge of our patients with an SCI.

09/18/2025

We asked our clinicians to talk about the importance of the environmental services team, and they did not disappoint.

09/17/2025

A devastating rollover car accident left 19-year-old Nathan Beck with a spinal cord injury. Two spinal fusion surgeries were necessary to prevent any further damage to his spinal cord. Once he was stable, Nathan transferred to Select Specialty Hospital - St. Louis. There, his care team would help him regain the strength to move on his own and care for himself again.

To learn more about Select Medical’s network of hospitals, visit: https://www.selectmedical.com/about-us/

A devastating rollover car accident left Nathan Beck with a spinal cord injury. Two spinal fusion surgeries were necessary to prevent any further damage to his spinal cord. Once he was stable, Nathan transferred to Select Specialty Hospital – St. Louis. There, his care team would help him regain t...

09/16/2025

Our nurses continually refine their skills by caring for patients with a wide range of serious health conditions. We understand the complexity of our patients’ conditions and offer robust continuing education and training to ensure our nurses are ready and confident to provide the highest quality, outcomes-based care. New nurses benefit from a range of programs that combine mentorship with hands-on experience to develop their clinical expertise and critical thinking skills.

To learn more about our professional development opportunities, visit: https://careers.selectmedical.com/professional-development/education/hospital-education/

09/14/2025

Today is the start of Environmental Services Week 🧼

Our Environmental Services (EVS) team maintains clean rooms and public areas within our hospitals, helping to provide safe and quality care. This week, we’ll hear how dedicated EVS colleagues positively impact our network of hospitals.

06/12/2025

Our nursing assistants and patient care technicians champion the recovery of every patient from admission to discharge. An integral part of the nursing team, they obtain vital signs, assist patients with daily care and support their physical and emotional needs.

Join us as we celebrate these compassionate health care professionals. 🌟

01/01/2025

We wish you a safe and healthy new year.

03/14/2024

Pulmonary rehabilitation—restoring a patient’s ability to breathe on their own—is a crucial aspect of the rehabilitation process in our critical illness recovery hospitals. Select Medical takes a team approach to pulmonary rehab, with every member of the interdisciplinary team playing a key part in helping a patient regain their ability to breathe independently.
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week serves as a reminder of the critical role that respiratory therapy plays in advancing the healing journey. This week, we’ll show you how our physician-led interdisciplinary teams work together, implementing different therapies to help our patients breathe freely again.

Respiratory therapists use flutter valves (a tube that only allows air to move in one direction) and positive expiratory pressure therapy, which helps get air into the lungs so that it can be expelled forcefully enough to dislodge mucus, to help a patient clear their airway and strengthen the muscles needed for breathing. Timed breathing trials are performed to strengthen the lungs. During these short bursts, the patient spends increasingly longer stretches of time off the ventilator and without supplemental oxygen support.

Speech-language pathologists use a Passy-Muir valve – a specialized valve that allows mechanically ventilated patients to speak. It is placed on the end of a patient’s trach tube, not only to help them regain their voice but to strengthen their lungs. Swallowing exercises and a flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) study can lead to resuming a more normal diet. Patients who can communicate and eat on their own are less anxious and more likely to participate in therapy.

Physical therapists implement a mobility protocol soon after the patient enters one of our critical illness recovery hospitals. By ensuring that the patient is sitting up twice a day and exercising their body, they grow stronger, improving their ability to breathe on their own.

Registered dietitians ensure ventilator patients are well nourished so they have the energy to participate in pulmonary rehabilitation. By adjusting a patient’s calorie intake to meet their needs, dietitians can slow weight loss and preserve the muscle necessary for patients to breathe independently.

Occupational therapists adapt activities of daily living to make it easier for patients to complete these tasks based on their current abilities. Common day-to-day activities, such as getting dressed, doing laundry, cooking and transferring between surfaces can seem impossible for pulmonary rehabilitation patients who have reduced endurance and strength. By teaching these patient’s adaptive strategies that reduce the energy needed to do these tasks, like sitting down to put your pants on or using a grabbing claw to reach far away objects, occupational therapists help their patients regain independence, conserve energy and build endurance over time.

Nurses are the backbone of every therapy team. They are the gatekeepers of care and a source of information for patients and their families. By monitoring and administering medications, they can help a patient achieve a state of wakefulness or painlessness that can make the difference during a day of therapy.

03/13/2024

It’s World Delirium Awareness Day. Delirium is a condition experienced by up to a third of all people admitted for inpatient care. Its effects are wide-ranging and can be frightening. Patients may not recognize their loved ones or caregivers, or they may hallucinate. No matter the symptom, delirium is disruptive to the healing process and disturbing for patients and their loved ones.

Recognizing patients who are at a higher risk for developing delirium can help us create strategies that provide effective care. Learn more about delirium with the following graphics.

03/13/2024

Nutrition plays a vital role in delivering quality patient care. Our registered dietitians are the food and nourishment experts of our interdisciplinary teams. Dietitians use their clinical expertise to develop and implement personalized nutrition plans that help each patient maintain the energy they need to continue healing.

We appreciate our registered dietitians for their important role in achieving successful patient outcomes through dietary education and individualized nutrition.