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HCPro's Advisor to the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program(registered trade mark), December 2010

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:30:00 GMT

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Nurses take evidence-based research improvements to Africa

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Flu prevention: Methods to reach staff, community

2010 index

Nurses take evidence-based research improvements to Africa

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Sometimes the lessons learned during the journey toward ANCC Magnet Recognition Program^® (MRP) designation are truly worth sharing—even half a world away.

Flu prevention: Methods to reach staff, community

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Take flu shots, for instance. How do you best ensure that you reach the optimal percentage of staff? How about an attention-grabbing catchphrase? At Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD, a new theme is introduced every year during flu season. For 2010, the organization’s motto was “Boo to the Flu.”

2010 index

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Evidence-based practice

Evidence-based practice and nursing research: Avoiding confusion. Feb., p. 3.

A journey to make research part of what we do: From inception to success. May, p. 4.

Show your outcomes on the journey to nursing excellence. April, p. 6.

HCPro's Advisor to the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program(registered trade mark), November 2010

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:30:00 GMT

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Methods to improve tracking nurse education and training

Crafting a blueprint for nursing excellence

Social media and hospitals: Don’t overlook the potential

Methods to improve tracking nurse education and training

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:30:00 GMT

How quickly can you call up your nurse training and skill set data?

Crafting a blueprint for nursing excellence

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:30:00 GMT

There are many reasons an organization may be unable to formally pursue Magnet Recognition Program^® (MRP) designation. The CNO may not be familiar with or supportive of the MRP or you may be in transition with your CNO; the financial situation is tenuous; the gaps between current state and standards are too numerous and wide to readily address; or nurses are not supportive of such a journey. Whatever the reason, if applying for MRP designation is not in your immediate future, striving for nursing excellence and trying to become an organization that “epitomize(s) quality and professionalism” (Preface 2008 ANCC MRP Manual) is not outside your reach.

Social media and hospitals: Don?t overlook the potential

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 12:30:00 GMT

In July, the Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) established a Facebook page for its members. Interestingly enough, several of AHAP’s listserv members responded by advising that their organizations not allow participation on Facebook.

HCPro?s Advisor to the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program(registered trade mark), October 2010

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:30:00 GMT

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Nursing education: Demonstrating implementation

Ongoing safety assessment in the psychiatric milieu

Hospital nearly doubles medication scanning rates

Nursing education: Demonstrating implementation

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Several years ago, while working in nursing professional development and education, consultant Gen Guanci, MEd, RN-BC, CCRN, realized that she was doing herself and her department a disservice by reporting out “productivity” of the nursing education department.

Ongoing safety assessment in the psychiatric milieu

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:30:00 GMT

National Patient Safety Goal NPSG.15.01.01 requires that patients being treated for emotional or behavioral disorders be identified for the risk of suicide. Meeting this goal has required a number of interventions using a multidisciplinary team approach. This requires ongoing training on many levels.

Hospital nearly doubles medication scanning rates

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:30:00 GMT

In April 2008, Baystate Medical Center (BMC), a 653-bed teaching hospital in Springfield, MA, began implementation of its Bar Code Point of Care (BCPOC) technology to positively impact medication administration in reducing errors.

HCPro's Advisor to the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program(registered trade mark), September 2010

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:30:00 GMT

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Documenting your CNO’s ability to influence change

Don’t underuse your education department

Specialist nurses trained to obtain informed consent

Documenting your CNO?s ability to influence change

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Earlier this year, Sallie Latty, RN, BSN, MA, one of a pair of ANCC Magnet Recognition Program^® (MRP) coordinators at St. Vincent Hospital Indianapolis, set out on a very specific research project. As part of crafting the organization’s MRP document, her focus turned to the Source of Evidence Transformational Leadership, Advocacy and Influence (SOE TL-4).

Don't underuse your education department

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:30:00 GMT

Brookwood Medical Center (BWMC), a Tenet facility in Birmingham, AL, has an active, cohesive, and well-led education department. I believe employees are not fully aware of the extensive coordination and work that goes into keeping the nurses current and informed. With more than 800 nurses employed at BWMC, it takes a great deal of organization to keep everyone up to date with mandatory education, continuing education, competencies, certifications, and policy and procedure changes.

Specialist nurses trained to obtain informed consent

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:30:00 GMT

If a procedure has been shifted from the physician to the nurse, can informed consent then be obtained by the nurse, or does that responsibility remain with the ordering physician? One facility, by using nurses for the insertion of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC lines), challenged the previous way of thinking in order to enable their specialized nurses to obtain informed consent.

Nursing peer review: A means to improvement

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:26:00 GMT

Peer review: the evaluation of the professional performance of individual RNs by nurses with experience in the appropriate subject matter to provide a legitimate evaluation. It sounds simple, but the concept of nursing peer review has its own set of unique challenges. Despite these challenges, it remains a powerful way to educate and bring about quality improvement.

HCPro?s White Papers on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program(registered trade mark): Easing the pain of pediatric venipuncture: A pilot study

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:26:00 GMT

HCPro’s White Papers on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program®: Easing the pain of pediatric venipuncture: A pilot study

From champions to ambassadors: How to find the right advocates

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:25:00 GMT

The dictionary defines champion as “an ardent defender or supporter of a cause or another person”—and when a hospital or organization begins looking for champions for their ANCC Magnet Recognition Program^® (MRP) designation process, an ardent supporter is exactly what they are looking for.

HCPro's Advisor to the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program(registered trade mark), August 2010

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 18:24:00 GMT

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From champions to ambassadors: How to find the right advocates

Nursing peer review: A means to improvement