

The Department of Patient Care Services is responsible for the provision of nursing care to patients and for the coordination and enhancement of communication between the multiple health care disciplines involved in providing patient care.
The Patient Care Services staff are experts in providing care for trauma patients. Because of their single focus on the art and science of trauma nursing, they develop highly specialized knowledge and skills. They are well recognized across the country for their expertise as care providers, teachers, preceptors, presenters, and authors.
The staff’s proactive efforts across the continuum of care play a key role in full-filling Shock Trauma’s mission to eradicate preventable death and disability. They stand ready 24 hours a day to serve the Citizens of the State of Maryland and beyond.
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Patient Care Services Education
This program provides formal and informal training to Shock Trauma nursing staff, undergraduate and graduate nursing students and observers from across the United States and abroad.
Nursing Careers
The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center at the University of Maryland Medical Center has exciting job opportunities.