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HCPro's Advisor to the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®

Issue 12, December 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Clinical nurse leaders improve patient care and quality

  If your organization doesn’t employ clinical nurse leaders (CNL), perhaps it’s time it...

• Nurses save time and prevent frustration with addition of new computer carts in patient rooms

  When the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH) moved to a new facility in July 2007, it saw an...

• Ask the exper: Taking the bite out of demographics

  How can we collect the demographics needed for MRP designation?

• Bridging the generation gap with creative education

  For the first time in history, there are four distinct generations in the American workplace...

• HCPro?s White Papers on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®: Organizing the written documentation

  Inside this white paper, learn how to start organizing for the documentation writing stage. After...

Issue 11, November 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Debating the evidence: A Virginia hospital sparks an argument to get nurses engaged

  Nurses have a duty to be current in their practice to ensure best patient outcomes. In addition...

• The house that nurses built: Nurses design an innovative way to illustrate their professional practice model

  Some people love diagrams and charts. The concentric circles and interpretive arrows make...

• Ask the expert: Involving nurses from ambulatory departments and clinics in the quest for nursing excellence designation

  Q: We have several ambulatory clinics and departments that do not report directly to our CNO. How...

Issue 10, October 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Ambassadors lead the way: Hawaii hospital’s envoys help prepare nurses for a very important open house

  The most nerve-wracking moment of the journey to ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP...

• Seven strategies for organizing the writing process

  After investing so much time and energy in steering your organization to the point where you are...

• Ask the expert: Tailor education to appeal to all adult learning styles

  We have a large organization with many nurses to educate about our ANCC Magnet Recognition...

• Peer review policy provides road map for success

  Peer review is about nurses taking responsibility for their practice and about nurses evaluating...

• HCPro's White Papers on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®: Component V: Empirical Outcomes

  Inside this white paper, read about Component V: Empirical quality outcomes and how to demonstrate...

Issue 9, September 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• EBP school is in session

  Staff nurses cite two main reasons for not participating in evidence-based practice (EBP) projects...

• Most notable nurses of 2009

  The image of nursing is a topic that is central to organizations seeking, or already designated...

• Make EBP as easy as 1-2-3

  Perhaps one of the biggest challenges in conducting EBP projects is learning how to search the...

• Orientation excellence: Anticipating new employees’ needs from day one

  Q. As an MRP hospital, how can we anticipate new employees’ needs and expectations at...

Issue 8, August 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Practice makes perfect: Staying away from soda and other lessons learned from a mock site visit

  Organizing mealtimes may seem like one of the easiest parts of preparing for a site visit from ANCC...

• Dashboards help nurses work together to improve performance with nurse-sensitive quality indicators

  Nursing staff members at Portsmouth-based Southern Ohio Medical Center (SOMC)—which has been...

• Improving code blue competency through simulation

  When should we hold a mock code, and what are some best practices on how to run one? Mock or...

• Critiquing research studies

  Many nurses feel unsure of their ability to critique research articles, but with practice and some...

• White Paper: Component IV: New knowledge, innovations, and improvements

  The fourth domain in the 2008 ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® Application Manual is Component...

Issue 7, July 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Cultural transformation: Six strategies show the way to nursing excellence

  Nurses at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City have somewhere they can go when they...

• Shared governance: Communication by committee

  When organizations implement shared governance, they benefit from a flat organizational structure...

Issue 6, June 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Nursing excellence: Turn to APNs to meet your nursing research needs

  Maureen Cavanagh, RN, C-EFM, MS, MAHCM, an APN at St. Peter’s Health Care Services and...

• Professional development: Ease nurses’ public speaking jitters

  The NurseSPEAK program was developed by Terry Leydon, RN, MSHCM, CPHQ, an ANCC Magnet Recognition...

• White Paper: Component III Exemplary professional practice

  White Paper: Component III Exemplary professional practice

Issue 5, May 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Picked by peers: Put the hiring process in staff nurses' hands

  The decision to put the hiring process into staff nurses’ hands came when Stephanie Alford...

• Turn to liaisons to discover staff nurses' educational needs

  Nurses spend the majority of their time at patients’ bedsides and working with peers. They...

• Put an end to VAP with a toothbrush

  The 24-bed surgical ICU at Barnes-Jewish Hospital (BJH) in St. Louis, MO, had 5.2 cases of...

• Improve nursing satisfaction in a time of uncertainty

  Improving nursing satisfaction is tough in bad economic times, when many hospitals are experiencing...

Issue 4, April 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Keep nursing excellence on the front burner

  The color purple is popping up nearly everywhere at Rochester (NY) General Hospital. From bookmarks...

• Motivate your nurses to conduct research

  Finding ways to motivate staff nurses to conduct nursing research can be difficult. At the outset...

• Intervene with a nursing toolkit to reduce patient falls

  At Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago—an ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®...

Issue 3, March 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Champion the campaign to get your nurses certified

  Only 12 of the 110 staff nurses in the ED at Edward Hospital and Health Services in Naperville, IL...

• Get a high five for your patient care

  Patient satisfaction scores fell to 33% at CHRISTUS Hospital-St. Mary in Port Arthur, TX, in 2005...

• Nurse-sensitive quality indicators: How to collect and benchmark externally and internally

  How to collect and benchmark nurse-sensitive quality indicators internally and externally.

Issue 2, February 1, 2009

• Make way for another nursing excellence award

  Not every healthcare organization has the finances or resources to achieve ANCC Magnet Recognition...

• Use a database to build nursing research collaboration

  The research director at Cleveland Clinic has successfully guided staff nurses through research...

• Strive for excellence on a tight budget

  Editor’s note: Advisor Meryl Montgomery, MSN, RN, ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®...

Issue 1, January 1, 2009

• Climb the chart: 10 ways to raise patient satisfaction scores

  The unit directors from the progressive care unit (PCU) and the critical care unit (CCU) at...

• Shift reporting: Move it to the bedside

  Because staff nurses had a voice in creating a new standardized shift report, communication during...