Nursing Department Number of nurses • 80 registered nurses • 120 practical nurses Job position • Nurses are assigned to their jobs in function of their qualifications and experience as well as the work load • For example, in the intensive care units, one nurse takes care of one or two patients Degrees • A large number of the nurses are pursuing higher degrees in emergency care, intensive care, operating room and cardiology Motivation • A high quality of the nursing care is the essential objective that motivates all the nurses Objective • Continuous improvement is our everyday objective Training • To enhance our performance, continuous training is applied A major training and education program has been established to all the nursing personnel   Teams • To involve all the nurses, different working teams have been created • Each team works on different task, does research to collect new information, and then works on the implementation • A lot of the improvements that have been realized so far, are being monitored by quality indicators, and are being measured multiple times a year • Client satisfaction is one of these indicators and we have realized great results. Health & Safety • At KGH, we care about the health of our personnel • Training and education for fire safety, work safety (blood and biological exposures, prevention of back pathology…) are periodically performed • Vaccination, biological and radiological tests are made to insure that all our personnel are in good health.