Nursing is a passion, not a job
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center understands the dedication and passion of all associates and especially that of our clinical staff. That dedication and passion helped drive the design of our new hospital. The result is the new gold standard of excellence for the best patient and nursing centric hospital in the country.
Our organization is committed to delivering the best nursing and clinical environment possible with today's technology and practices. We will continue to demonstrate and fulfull our commitment to nursing as we complete our journey to Magnet status.
Begin your new career at SJRMC as we build a new nursing culture for the future.
Learn more about the nursing environment at Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center:
Evidence-based best practices:
- The design of the hospital/specific units was based on Evidence-Based Nursing Practice and architecturally Evidence-Based Practice. Staff nurses, physicians, clinical associates, and architects collaborated on design decisions that would be best for patients and families, associates, and physicians.
- Rooms are designed specifically for Patient Safety, HIPPA, and Infection Control Practices. For example, all patient rooms are "same handedness" which allows a caregiver to approach the patient from the same side in all circumstances. This design promotes standardization and reduction of medical errors.
Efficient workflow:
- Taking into account patients' and family members' desires to be close to the point of care. All diagnostic and clinical areas were designed to accomplish this goal. A great example is on the 5th floor, which will house the orthopedic unit and oncology unit. Physical therapy will be adjacent to both units to accomodate the two highest users of therapy.
- By proactively addressing the work force shortages and age of the American nurse, the design of the patient care units facilitates less time traveling for meds, supplies, and computer documentation areas.
- All patient units will be telemetry capable, reducing the number of transfers for those patients requiring monitoring.
Technology Efficiency:
- The patient care enivronment will be wireless, paper-light, and digital.
- Each patient room will be Internet accessible for patients and family members.
- Computer documentation will be easily available in a variety of locations, both stationary and mobile. Real-time charting, patient safety features, and physician order entry will be utilized.
- Test results and digital x-rays will be available at the patient's bedside via computer for physician and patient/family discussion.
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Personal Nursing Environment:
- Floors are designed to have "tranquility rooms." These rooms will have low lighting, music therapy, etc. Caregivers who need to regroup and re-energize can take advantage of this area.
- Adequate space on each patient unit for lounges, networking with colleagues, and educational opportunities.
Perfect Patient Care Environments:
- All private rooms designed for specific patient populations. Rooms have views of nature.
- All materials selected for patient rooms will enhance the care environment
- All décor was chosen for its ability to establish/denote a healing environment.
- Evidence based practice at its best. For example, our NICU (Natal Intensive Care Unit) has been designed with private rooms, quiet, and with low lighting. Our preemies do best in an environment that simulates a mother's womb.
Case Management - the SJRMC way
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Our case management staff consists of a dedicated group of registered nurses,
documentation specialists, and discharge planners. This team will deliver the
highest level of evidence-base care available. Case management is by unit to
ensure comprehensive case management of the multi-disciplinary processes involved
in simple and complex patient discharge planning and utilization management.
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The case management staff utilizes multiple software systems to track workloads,
document interventions, collect evidence-based best practice data, monitor denials
and appeals, and communicate length of stay and coding information to the multi-disciplinary
team. Wireless telephones allow for efficient communication between the case manager and
physicians, ancillary staff, external agencies, and patients.
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Members of the case management department are actively involved with building evidence-based
best practice order sets. Medical staff education, support, and approval of the order sets
are accomplished through professional and collegial team meetings. All members of the
multi-disciplinary team have access to the evidence-based orders and treatment plan for
every patient at their finger tips.
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center is committed to delivering the best nursing and clinical environment possible with today's technology and practices.
Begin your new career at SJRMC as we build a new nursing culture for the future.
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