Baptist Hospital is ranked as one of America's Best Hospitals by U. S. News and World Report. Financially sound, Baptist Hospital is one of fewer than 25 hospitals in the country to receive the highest ratings by Standard and Poor's and Moody's Investor Services. The hospital nurses can choose to work in one of our inpatient nursings units such as Acute Care for the Elderly,Dialysis, Rehabilitation, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplant, Cardiology, Trauma, Orthopedics, Psychiatry, Critical Care and Burn Unit. Flight nurses work in our Level-I Trauma Center with AirCare, our helicopter ambulance, or with ground transportation. Another option is the Brenner Children's Hospital, a hospital within the Medical Center, including its Level-III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Nurses provide care to patients across the continuum.
In addition to care for the acutely ill, nurses provide care in the outpatient clinics, as well as other specialty areas such as the Endoscopy Unit, Cardiac Cath, Electrophysiology Laboratories, Operating Rooms, Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Special Procedures. Nurses with expertise in computers are employed in Information Services. Continuing education activities are approved through the North Carolina Nurses Association with contact hours awarded to participants. Other courses provided to increase the nurses' knowledge and skill are Trauma Nursing Care, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Emergency Nursing Pediatrics. In addition, nurses participate in unit patient care conferences and continuing education based on identified need.