Nursing at Baxter Health commits to promote the health and wellness of
the individuals in the community we serve. To that end, Baxter Health
is ANCC Magnet Designated and welcomes the ongoing challenge to improve
nursing care and treatment, exceed the patient’s service expectations,
and produce outstanding nursing clinical outcomes related to national
benchmarks.
Nursing at Baxter Health is built upon sound nursing theory and research.
The Nursing Model depicts the integration of our nursing Theory of Caring
and our commitment to practice. Baxter Health nursing leverages our care
delivery systems to ensure our practice is autonomous, collaborative,
Interprofessional, and relationship – based with our focus on Patient/Family
Centered Care. All decisions, plans, and approaches solicit the voice
of our key customer – the patient. When making changes, we take
into account the preference and impact of care on the patient first, with
the impact on staff and physicians as important partners. Through the
lens of the patient’s well-being, safety, and choice we determine
what, how, when, and why we do what we do.
Nursing at Baxter Health strives to innovate and break through barriers
that prevent or compromise best practices. Nurses commit to teamwork,
trust building and trustworthiness, and a forward-thinking search for
and discovery of yet unknown possibilities of best practice. Our greatest
imperative is to serve.
Care Delivery System
Baxter Health recognizes four nursing delivery systems that are defined
as a set of organizing principles used to deliver a product or service
generally including these four elements:
Decision-Making
Work Allocation and/or Patient Assignment
Communication
Management of Environment
Scope of Services and Plan for the Provision of Care
Baxter Health maintains detailed scopes and plans for all nursing departments.
Nursing Professional Code of Ethics
Provision 1
The Nurse, in all professional relationships, practices with compassion
and respect for the inherent dignity, worth and uniqueness of every individual,
unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal
attributes, or the nature of health problems.
Provision 2
The Nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual,
family, group or community.
Provision 3
The Nurse promotes, advocates for and strives to protect the health, safety
and rights of the patient.
Provision 4
The Nurse is responsible and accountable for individual Nursing practice
and determines the appropriate delegation for individual Nursing practice
and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the
Nurse’s obligation to provide optimum patient care.
Provision 5
The Nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility
to preserve integrity and safety, to maintain competence and to continue
personal and professional growth.
Provision 6
The Nurse participates in establishing, maintaining and improving healthcare
environments and conditions of employment conducive to the provision of
quality health care and consistent with the values of the profession through
individual and collective action.
Provision 7
The Nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public in
promoting community, national, and international efforts to meet health needs.
Provision 8
The profession of Nursing, as represented by associations and their members,
is responsible for articulating Nursing values, for maintaining the integrity
of the profession and its practice and for shaping social policy.
Nursing at Baxter Health commits to promote the health and wellness of
the individuals in the community we serve. To that end, Baxter Health
is ANCC Magnet Designated and welcomes the ongoing challenge to improve
nursing care and treatment, exceed the patient’s service expectations,
and produce outstanding nursing clinical outcomes related to national
benchmarks.
