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Commit to quality with the help of a council

HCPro's Weekly Update on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®*, February 5, 2008

The purpose of a quality council is to oversee and coordinate nursing performance improvement activities, and at Sparks Health System in Fort Smith, AR, the nursing quality council also provides a forum to assist the department of nursing in its goal to practice safe, quality patient care.

Sparks Health System's nursing quality council includes the quality clinical coordinators, the director of quality, the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) project director, and members of the nursing staff selected by their respective clinical coordinator member, says Amy Riley, RN, MSN, MRP project director. "If one of the members incurs three meeting absences, he or she will be relieved of council membership by the chair or vice-chair."

The quality council meetings are held bi-weekly and records of the proceedings are kept so they may be used in the written documentation for designation. The duties and responsibilities of the council include:

• Promoting and supporting the incorporation of evidence-based nursing principles into policy and practice
• Identifying opportunities for improvement by focusing on structure, process, and outcomes of care
• Monitoring patient satisfaction data to identify opportunities to implement processes/practices that will maintain a high level of patient satisfaction

Source: Adapted from HCPro's Talk Group: Journey Talk. Not a member of Journey Talk? Click here for more information.

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