Professional Nursing contributes to care of patients at Holy Cross Hospital-West Valley and the surrounding community through the following services:
Acute medical and surgical care: Nurses care with compassion for patients needing general medical and/or surgical services. Acute care nurses have protocols to reduce hospital-acquired infections to influence hospital length of stay and increase patient comfort.
Behavioral Health care: Behavioral health trained Nurses provide care to adult patients in our inpatient unit. The Nurses coordinate with a skilled team including licensed clinical social workers to keep patients safe, improve quality of life, and help patients meet their goals. Nurses also ensure patients have appropriate follow-up care after discharge from the hospital, which may include Holy Cross-West Valley outpatient services such as the Intensive Outpatient Therapy program.
Cardiac care: Skilled cardiovascular Nurses respond to cardiac events such as heart attacks, and provide care in our cardiac catheterization lab. Nurses support patients through skilled vascular procedures to improve circulation.
Case management care: Nurse case managers begin the process of discharge planning care coordination shortly after patients are admitted. Nurse case managers collaborate with social workers and nurses for a discharge plan which supports the requests of patients and their family. A Nurse case manager in the Emergency Department assists patients and their family members with community resources if needed.
Emergency care: Emergency nurses drove the implementation of protocols providing optimum outcomes for sepsis, geriatric, stroke, and heart attack patients. Nurses triage patients to decrease wait times and provide prompt emergency care. Holy Cross-West Valley is a Level III designated Trauma facility and a DNV certified stroke receiving facility.
Obstetrical care: Nurses provide care for our pregnant patients during the antepartum, labor, delivery, and postpartum periods. Professional nursing organizational standards have been implemented for patient safety related to electronic fetal monitoring, breastfeeding, decreasing cesarean sections, and more.
Outpatient care: Nurses support patients who may not need an inpatient stay but need outpatient care and treatment. Our gastrointestinal lab nurses prepare and care for patients needing procedures like endoscopies or colonoscopies.
Perioperative care: Our skilled nurses support the patient through preparation for surgery, assist during surgical procedures, and provide interventions and care during the recovery process. Professional nursing organization standards have been implemented by perioperative nurses, including the time-out process, reduction of micro-organisms that can result in infections, and team communication to track surgical instruments.
Are you interested in a nursing position at Holy Cross Hospital-West Valley? Please visit our Careers page to learn about positions available and contact information for Human Resources.
