PROFILE OF THE

DEPARTMENT

VISION
The nursing Service Department
 Believes in the quality of men all children of God, redeemed by Christ.
 All patient will receive the same attention whether rich or poor, regardless of
creed, culture and color.
 Believes that the patient is a person, integrally whole individual and
therefore nursing care is based on holistic approach to maintain optimum
level of Nursing Care.

MISSION
 Will seek to restore and/or maintain health and well-being in cooperation
and coordination with the different services of other departments and
members of the professional team who have directly and indirectly in
contact with the patient.
 Will continuously study and evaluate the rendered to meet the constantly
changing needs and conditions of the community and country as a whole.

TARGET CLIENTE
 People in the Region 8 regardless of religion, raise and economic status.

SERVICES
 Assessing and planning nursing care requirements
 Providing pre- and post- care
 Beddings
 Monitoring and administering medication and intravenous
 Taking patient samples, pulses, temperatures and blood pressure
 IV Monitoring
 Writing records
 Supervising junior staff
 Nebulization
 Organizing workloads
 Providing emotional support to patients and relatives
 Tutoring student nurses

FLOWCHART

Measuring Body Temperature

Ask the patient to loosen any tight clothing or remove long-sleeved garments so it is
possible to access the axilla.

Hold the thermometer at the upper end. Shake it to ensure all the mercury is at the bottom.
Clinical glass thermometers have a constriction in the tube so that once the mercury is
above the constriction it cannot go down again until shaken. If you do not shake the
thermometer it will result in an inaccurate reading.

Place the thermometer in the axilla (armpit). Place the forearm across the chest and
ensure the upper arm is resting against the patient's side.

Leave the thermometer in place for 5 minutes. This will ensure that the reading will
be accurate.

Remove the thermometer, read, and immediately record the temperature on the
record chart or in the patient's notes.

Tell the patient the temperature and whether any further investigations are needed.

Disinfect the thermometer and wash and dry your hands again.

Report a raised temperature to the clinical person in charge.

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HOSPITAL

DIVINE WORD HOSPITAL

Avenida Veteranos, Tacloban City

HISTORY

In 1965 the first - and for many years, the only – hospital to be managed by the
Benedictine Sisters in the Philippines – opened in Tacloban, Leyte.  The general superior of the
Divine Word Missionaries had approached the prioress general of the Benedictine Sisters in
Rome with the proposal that the SVD would put up a hospital in Tacloban and turn it over to the
Benedictine Sisters to manage.  Mother Maria Lucas Rauch, prioress general, was a doctor and
was sympathetic to the idea. With the help of Sisters from other priories, the Divine Word
Hospital became a reality.
Leyte is among the poorer provinces of the country, thus, making the services of Divine Word
Hospital even more of a mission activity.  Besides serving the sick in the hospital, the Sisters
reach out to the even poorer population in the barrios and service sick in the free wards.
Source: Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing (http://ito.ssc.edu.ph/priory/tacloban-
hospital%20com.htm)

Vision
A catholic institution of holistic wellness and quality healthcare.

Mission
1. To proclaim God’s healing love to all.
2. To provide quality tertiary health care.
3. To train medical, nursing, and paramedical students, and organization of activities
For practitioners to improve quality of health service.
4. To provide adequate facilities to support the practice of medical and paramedical
professionals in region VII.
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Divine Word Hospital

A place of welcome committed to quality health care.

Corporate objectives
1. To deliver tertiary quality health care services that meet the health needs of the people of
region VIII, according to permanent statutory and regulatory requirements and the
expectations of DWH top management.
2. To implement training programs that will continually improve services and develop
innovative alternative health care.
3. To conduct research that will continually improve services and develop innovative
alternative health care.
4. To provide competent staff at all times.
5. To establish and continually improve quality management system.
6. To provide corporate social responsibility programs of the underprivileged.

Services
a. Medical and surgical i. Labor room
b. OB (Obstetric) j. Labor and Delivery Room
c. Pediatric k. Operating Room
d. Chemo Dialysis l. OPD (Out Patient Department)
e. ICU (Intensive Care Unit) m. Emergency Room
f. Hemo Dialysis Unit n. EEG (Electro Encephalogram)
g. NICU (Neonatal Intensive Unit)
h. Nursery

Rules and Regulations

1. Regular attendance and punctuality.

2. Professional standard.
3. Performance standard
4. Proper grooming and attire.
5. Confidentiality of hospital information.
6. Teamwork
7. Concern for safety.
8. Honesty
9. Transacting business within DWH premises.