The complexity of health care issues today requires that individuals and the nursing division participate in continuing education activities as part of their professional responsibility.

Saint Joseph's Hospital is a multi-specialty teaching facility that offers RNs the opportunity to practice virtually all forms of acute care nursing. At 504 licensed beds, Saint Joseph's Hospital is the largest rural referral center in Wisconsin and the hub of Ministry Health Care, a system of hospitals, clinics, physician practices, and other agencies.

Many nurses participate in the Clinical Achievement and Recognition of Excellence (CARE) career ladder program, which rewards clinical expertise at novice, competent, and expert levels of performance.

What's more, health professionals retain their benefits as they take on new challenges by transferring to organizations throughout the Ministry Health Care system.