The St. Barnabas Nursing Department delivers comprehensive, compassionate, patient and family-centered quality care in a manner that is sensitive to our culturally diverse community. 

As valuable members of the health care team, nurses are involved in planning, assessing and implementing the individualized care of each patient. The nursing department understands that the patient is part of a family and takes every opportunity to include the family in the patient’s plan of care, both during the hospital stay and upon discharge.

To keep our nursing staff current and improve our ability to meet the changing healthcare needs of our patients, we offer extensive continuing education classes. We also offer training courses that promote individual professional growth, which benefits staff and their patients. Our commitment to quality care is in the forefront at all times.

Some interesting facts about our nurses:

• A high retention rate underscores our dedication to St. Barnabas Hospital and the patients we serve. Presently our rate is 2% to the nation’s 10%.

• Most nursing staff have been at St. Barnabas for more than 10 years. 

• All nurses are Basic Life Support certified by AHA standards.

• Our specialty care (ICU, Operating Room, PACU, Emergency Department, Interventional Radiology, Cardiac Catheterization, NICU, Labor & Delivery, & Pediatrics) nursing staff must maintain additional certification such as ACLS, PALS, or NALS.

• 99% of our ICU, Operating Room and Emergency Department staff have TNCC certification

• Approximately 60% of our staff are cross-trained to other areas, which advances their nursing skills and benefits patient care throughout the hospital.

The nursing department looks forward to serving you!