Staff Nurse - Medical Surgical, Dayshift
Good Samaritan
Summary
Shared governance is a professional structural model, founded on the cornerstone principles of partnership, equity, accountability, and ownership that form a culturally sensitive and empowering framework, enabling sustainable and accountability-based decisions to support an interdisciplinary design for excellent patient care.
Job description
Job Summary
Shared governance is a professional structural model, founded on the cornerstone principles of partnership, equity, accountability, and ownership that form a culturally sensitive and empowering framework, enabling sustainable and accountability-based decisions to support an interdisciplinary design for excellent patient care.
Standards of Practice
- Assessment: Medical/Pediatric Nurse collects pertinent data and information relative to patient health or situation.
- Diagnosis: Medical/Pediatric Nurse analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses, problems or issues.
- Outcome Identification: Medical/Pediatric Nurse identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient.
- Planning: Medical/Pediatric Nurse develops a plan of care that includes interventions to attain expected measurable outcomes.
- Implementation: Medical/Pediatric Nurse implements the individualized patient plan of care.
- Evaluation: Medical/Pediatric Nurse evaluates progress toward attainment of patient goals and outcomes.
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 and 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 and 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.
Requirements
- 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
- Graduate of RN Program
Benefits
- Healthcare Plans
- Retirement Plans
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Fitness Center Access
- Career Advancement Opportunities
- Flexible Work Schedules
Company overview
Good Samaritan is a network of community hospitals and healthcare facilities that have been serving patients across multiple regions in the United States for over a century. These healthcare institutions are known for providing comprehensive medical services with a strong focus on compassionate, patient-centered care. The Good Samaritan hospitals typically operate as acute care facilities offering specialized services including cardiology, orthopedics, trauma care, oncology, women's health, and emergency medicine. Many locations feature advanced medical technology and specialized centers of excellence, such as comprehensive stroke centers, Level II and III trauma centers, and specialized surgical facilities. These hospitals are deeply integrated into their local communities, often serving as regional healthcare hubs that provide accessible medical care to diverse populations. With employee counts typically ranging from 1,000 to 5,000 staff members across various locations, Good Samaritan facilities maintain a commitment to clinical excellence, professional development, and community health improvement. The organization emphasizes values of patient respect, integrity, dignity, and excellence in all aspects of healthcare delivery.