Essential Job Duties:
Standards of Professional Performance
Ethics
Medical-surgical nurses deliver care in a nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory, sensitive, and culturally competent manner.
Diversification
Medical-surgical nurses interact with, and contribute to, the professional development of peers and other health care providers as colleagues.
Communication
Medical-surgical nurses communicate effectively with clients, families, and other health care professionals.
Collaboration
Medical-surgical nurses collaborate with the client, family members, significant others, and health care providers in providing care.
Leadership
Medical-surgical nurses use leadership skills to enhance client outcomes and foster a healthy work environment within the practice setting and profession.
Education
Medical-surgical nurses acquire and maintain current knowledge in nursing practice Medical-surgical nurses pursue knowledge to enhance nursing expertise and advance the profession.
Evidence-Based Practice & Research
Medical-surgical nurses use research findings in practice.
Quality of Practice
The Medical/Pediatric Nurse contributes to quality nursing practice Ensures that nursing practice is safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely and patient-centered.
Professional Practice Evaluation
Medical/Pediatric Nurse evaluates his/her own and other's nursing practice in accordance with professional practice standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies and contributes to the professional development of peers or other health care providers as colleagues.
Resource Utilization
Medical-surgical nurses use research findings in practice.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education -- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing within 3 years of employment (with the exception of staff previously granted grandfather status). Registered Nurse license from the Indiana State Board of Nursing. Some areas may require a current and valid driver’s license.
Experience -- Graduate of RN Program
Reports to:Nurse Manager and/or Director of the department.
For more than 100 years, Good Samaritan has been a health care leader in southwestern Indiana and southeastern Illinois. Located in historic Vincennes, Good Samaritan is a 158-bed community health care facility with over 1,800 employees and a commitment to delivering exceptional patient care.
Good Samaritan offers a broad range of medical services as well as some of the most progressive technology available today. The Gibault Memorial Tower, opened in 2015, provides our patients, their families and our entire community an environment where the highest quality of care is provided. An array of services and staff are ready to greet patients with medical expertise, cutting-edge technology and big hearts. The tower has five floors, each with a focus: Cardiology and Clinical Decision, Intensive Care, Pediatrics and Medical Surgery, Joint Replacement and Medical Surgery, and Women’s Health and Oncology.
The hospital also has a state-of-the-art Same Day Surgery Center, with surgical suites designed with input from the hospital’s physicians.
The Cancer Pavilion is a 25,000-square-foot comprehensive oncology care center, featuring one of the most advanced methods for delivering radiation therapy, a linear accelerator with IMRT. The Pavilion also has 12 fully equipped infusion suites and other amenities for patients and families.
Good Samaritan is proud that generations of families have chosen us as their preferred health-care provider, allowing us to be the first, best place in health care.
Mission: Provide excellent health care by promoting wellness, education and healing through trusting relationships.
Vision: To be the regional center of excellence in health care to support the communities we serve.
Our Promise: We promise to treat you like family by delivering compassionate, high-quality care throughout your journey.
PRIDE Values
Patient | Respect | Integrity | Dignity | Excellence
