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Our Vision
As nurses and
patient care support staff at Good Samaritan, we all share the responsibility of
creating and promoting a collaborative, supportive and safe work environment
that places the patient, family and community in the center of all we do. We
support the practice of nursing and the contributions of all disciplines. By
delivering competent and compassionate service at every opportunity, and by
cultivating relationships that grow throughout our lives, our actions promote
nursing as an inspired "profession of a lifetime."
Our Guiding
Principles
We practice in an environment that is guided
by:
- A focus on service and clinical
excellence
- A sustained advocacy for safety
systems and practices
- Holistic standards of care and
practice
- An emphasis on coaching, mentoring
and professional growth
- A focus on improving care through the
use of research and documented outcomes
- A healing environment that supports
the patient, family and staff
- A spirit of partnership and team
within a respectful workplace
- Support of a shared governance model
which recognizes and values the contributions of all staff and disciplines
- Accountability for results
- Support of the valued balance of work
and family life
- Respect and recognition of the value
of work contributions
- Shared moments of excellence
Our
Commitment
- We promise a patient-centered and
family-centered care philosophy
- We are committed to a staff-centered
work environment
- We are committed to transdisciplinary
partnerships that achieve positive outcomes
- We promise community relationships
- We are committed to clinical and
operational excellence
- We are committed to organizational
and nursing pride
Our Plan for
Results
- Engage all staff in the work of
service and patient care
- Sustain a professional practice model
through shared governance
- Position nurses and other healthcare
professionals to have a strong, positive voice throughout our organization and
community
- Focus on issues related to the
support and retention of excellent staff
- Build systems to recruit qualified
staff
- Take actions to become a destination
healthcare facility
- Look for every opportunity to make a
difference in the lives of those we serve
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