St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center, a 245-bed hospital located in Enid, OK and founded in 1915, proudly serves the residents of Northwest Oklahoma with progressive and comprehensive healthcare services.  Patients receive the care they need from a highly-skilled healthcare team that has been recognized for their quality care. St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center is a subsidiary of, Universal Health Services Inc. (UHS), one of the nation’s largest and most respected healthcare management companies.

St. Mary's Regional Medical Center provides comprehensive medical and surgical services including progressive cardiac services; emergency services with a 24-hour trauma center; dedicated women's center with a fully accredited Women’s Imaging Center; Joint Replacement Institute; comprehensive inpatient Rehabilitation Institute that is CARF accredited; Wound Care Center; Laboratory accredited by CAP and AABB.

 

The RN has multiple roles and functions including care-giver, decision-maker, client advocate, manager, rehabilitator, comforter, communicator, and teacher. The functions include assessment of the nursing needs of the patient, initiation of the plan of care of nurse action, implementation of the plan of care and the evaluation of the process, by use of the nursing process. The Standards of Practice set forth by the professional nursing associations provide guidelines for the competent, safe and professional practice. The RN promotes the dignity and quality of the nursing care given to the patient.