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Issue 52, December 27, 2010

• In the news: Our final issue

  Starting on January 1st, HCPro's Weekly Update on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® will...

• Inside best practice: Making the most of your flu outreach program

  The employee flu shot clinics at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD, are part of a...

• Inside the program: Developing yourself

  Just as you focus on developing the talent of your staff, so too you need to develop yourself even...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Dress codes

  There is discussion currently about modifying our dress code, not specific to that of the nurse or...

Issue 51, December 20, 2010

• In the news: A name change is coming for your e-newsletter!

  Starting next week, HCPro's Weekly Update on the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® will change...

• Inside best practice: Evidence-based practice advice goes international

  The pair started off with a leadership and faculty conference all day on day one of the visit...

• Inside the program: Staff self-appraisals

  A study (Inderrieden, Allen, & Keaveny, 2004) indicated that self-ratings have an overall...

• Inside scoop from our experts: MD champions

  Q: I am initiating a MD MRP champion team and if anyone has strategies/advice on how to best...

Issue 50, December 13, 2010

• In the news: Oregon nurses pursue additional degrees to demonstrate excellence

  Because of the need to demonstrate factors such as quality nursing leadership, professional models...

• Inside best practice: Nurses take evidence-based research improvements to Africa

  Sometimes, the lessons learned when traveling towards ANCC Magnet Recognition Program ® (MRP...

• Inside the program: Reporting confrontations

  The process is the same whether you are confronting a direct report or a colleague, with one...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Nurse councils for the OR

  Q: Would anyone be willing to share success strategies for developing and sustaining councils for...

Issue 49, December 6, 2010

• In the news: Journal of Nursing Education publishes paper on EPB

  This month’s Journal of Nursing Education takes a look at evidence-based practice (EBP) with...

• Inside best practice: Flu shot prevention--Community outreach

  Sometimes it’s all about the marketing. Take flu shots, for instance. How do you best ensure...

• Inside the program: Creating a development plan

  Create a development plan that works for your hospital. Keep it simple and concise so that it gets...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Fall prevention initiatives

  We have been very successful in reducing our falls. Over the past two years, we have reduced them...

Issue 48, November 29, 2010

• In the news: UNC Hospitals receive designation, create announcement video

  The University of North Carolina (UNC) Hospitals received notification of their designation as ANCC...

• Inside best practice: Transformational leadership

  Is your CNO visible and a well-known patient and nurse advocate? Does she/he have a defined...

• Inside the program: Benefits of coaching

  It is important that people get feedback and coaching on the positive behaviors they are...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Shared Governance Implementation

  Q: I have a couple of questions regarding Shared Governance Implementation: First, how long was...

Issue 47, November 22, 2010

• In the news: Nursing Image Award winners announced

  This week, HCPro, Inc. announced the winners of the 2010 Nursing Image Awards, which recognize...

• Inside best practice: Blueprint for excellent

  There are many reasons an organization is unable to apply or formally pursue Magnet Recognition...

• Inside the program: Garnering feedback

  Suppose you were taking a class where none of your tests, papers, or projects was ever returned to...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Champions and ambassadors

  Can you provide information on how you develop ANCC Magnet Recognition Program ® (MRP...

Issue 46, November 15, 2010

• In the news: Six nurses receive national recognition

  The winners of this year’s Nursing Spectrum and NurseWeek national Nursing Excellence Awards...

• Inside best practice: Tracking nurse training and skillsets

  Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, TX, recently changed its process for tracking not only online...

• Inside the program: Examples of setting goals

  A great example of how setting goals works is described in a paper by Baptist Health Care...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Number of FTEs

  I am requesting information from anyone at a 200-300 bed community hospital that has a centralized...

Issue 45, November 8, 2010

• In the news: Lowell hospital received designation

  Lowell General Hospital in Lowell, MA, announced recently that is has joined the ranks of the ANCC...

• Inside best practice: Bar coding at the bedside

  Planning and implementing a bar code scanning system at the bedside was a major undertaking for...

• Inside the program: Hiring and promoting

  Nursing leaders make many decisions. One of the most important decisions any manager makes is whom...

• Inside scoop from our experts: LPN functions

  I am interested in knowing if anyone is re-thinking their use of LPNs in the acute care setting. My...

Issue 43, October 25, 2010

• In the news: Donation aims to help alleviate nursing shortage

  The Hunt Family Foundation has donated $10 million to Texas Tech University’s Health Sciences...

• In the news: Vermont hospital becomes third-time designee

  Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC) of Bennington, VT, was re-designated under the ANCC...

• Inside best practice: Suicide risk prevention

  National Patient Safety Goal NPSG.15.01.01 requires that patients being treated for emotional or...

• Inside best practice: Levels of evaluation

  The Four Levels of Evaluation were first published by Donald Kirkpatrick, professor emeritus of the...

• Inside the program: Organizational culture

  When thinking about all the elements that affect human behavior, organizational culture is the...

• Inside the program: Building trust

  Occasionally, people set lofty goals but become weary as they take the first steps or as they hit...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Patient education

  What is your primary tool for patient education (i.e. pre-printed literature)? Do you use an...

• Inside scoop from our experts: OR councils

  Would anyone be willing to share success strategies for developing and sustaining councils for the...

Issue 42, October 18, 2010

• In the news: Designation still stands up after two decades

  Roughly twenty years after inception, the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program ® (MRP) still makes a...

• Inside the program: Path to authentic leadership

  Nursing leaders, including nurse managers, charge nurses, services directors, nurse executives...

• Inside best practice: Reporting excellence

  Several years ago, while working in nursing professional development and education, consultant Gen...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Recertification classes

  Does anyone charge staff for recertification classes such as basic life support (BLS) and advanced...

Issue 41, October 8, 2010

• In the news: York Hospital nurses share experiences in Nairobi

  It is the responsibility of nurses at ANCC Magnet Recognition Program ® (MRP) designated...

• Inside best practice: CNO involvement

  Because ANCC Magnet Recognition Program ® (MRP) designation is one of the St. Vincent Hospital...

• Inside the program: Leadership training

  Your best starting point is to summarize the list of duties and responsibilities that you have...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Fall prevention

  Would anyone be willing to share some tips on fall prevention that have been implemented at their...

Issue 40, October 4, 2010 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• In the news: Rush University Medical Center receives third designation

  For the third time, Rush University Medical Center has received ANCC Magnet Recognition Program...

• Inside best practice: CNOs and the electronic document

  Your greatest asset in creating this portion of your electronic document is your Chief Nursing...

• Inside the program: Hiring for the position

  So how do I incorporate hiring into my orientation program? How do I build a strong foundation and...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Clinical ladders

  Would anybody be willing to share your criteria for who is eligible to participate on your clinical...

Issue 39, September 27, 2010

• In the news: Social media and hospitals

  In July, the Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals (AHAP) established a Facebook...

• Inside best practice: PICC lines, informed consent, and regulations

  The team felt so strongly they began looking into regulations—from Joint Commission standards...

• Inside the program: Regulatory requirements

  Regulatory requirements related to practice, quality, and safety must be included in your...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Family advisory councils

  Q: Do you currently have a patient/family advisory council or do you routinely set up...

Issue 38, September 20, 2010

• In the news: Oregon Hospital receives designation

  Salem Hospital of Salem, Oregon became the latest facility to achieve ANCC Magnet Recognition...

• Inside best practice: PICC lines and informed consent

  If a procedure has been shifted from the physician to the nurse, can informed consent then be...

• Inside the program: Charge nurse job description

  The following is a complete list of elements that should be present in any charge nurse description:

• Inside scoop from our experts: Clinical ladder

  Q: Would anybody be willing to share your criteria for who is eligible to participate on your...

Issue 37, September 13, 2010

• In the news: Study finds better fall rates in designated hospitals

  According to a study by the Center for Health Outcomes & Policy Research, University of...

• Inside best practice: CNO and influencing change

  Earlier this year, Sallie Latty, RN, BSN, MA, one of a pair of ANCC Magnet Recognition Program...

• Inside the program: What is a charge nurse?

  Charge nurse is a term that has been around since the early 1980s and has often been used...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Prepping physicians for survey

  Q: Does anyone have a list of questions or site visit preparation items specific to physicians? How...

Issue 36, September 3, 2010

• In the news: California's newest hospital

  Hoag Hospital Irvine—an ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) designated hospital and...

• Inside best practice: Program ambassadors

  The primary role of ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) ambassadors at Queens Medical Center...

• Inside the program: What is quality?

  Your organization may have a definition of quality. A commonly used definition is the one published...

• Inside scoop from our experts: OB nurse-sensitive indicators

  This week’s question about nurse sensitive indicators comes from a discussion on JourneyTalk...

Issue 35, August 30, 2010

• In the news: The renewal process

  How much work goes into seeking Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) re-designation? For one...

• Inside best practice: Why is peer review necessary?

  Many organizations hospitals have incorporated peer review components into their standards or...

• Inside the program: Risks and benefits of process improvement

  The obvious benefit of process improvement is, of course, improved results for patients or...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Nurse involvement and decision-making

  Q: Would anyone be willing to share a survey tool/document that you have used to assess the...

Issue 34, August 23, 2010

• In the news: Scheduling issues

  Following up on last week’s story about a new study by the University of Maryland School of...

• Inside best practice: Recruiting champions

  The dictionary defines “champion” as “an ardent defender or supporter of a cause...

• Inside the program: Rules of engagement

  To engage direct care nurses, nurse leaders need to follow four basic rules: Be transparent...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Submitting electronic documentation

  Q: Do any of you have experience submitting an electronic document? If so, can you share what...

Issue 33, August 13, 2010

• In the news: Nurse working conditions

  A new study by the University of Maryland School of Nursing has found that, while widely...

• Inside best practice: Nursing peer review

  Peer review: the evaluation of the professional performance of individual RNs by nurses with...

• Inside the program: Introduction to process

  A process is a sequence of interrelated activities that convert inputs from suppliers into outputs...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Staff education departments

  Q: How do you calculate the productivity of your Nursing Education department?

Issue 32, August 6, 2010

• In the news: The program director?s role in completing the journey

  ANCC Magnet Recognition Program (MRP) ® program directors, coordinators, or managers are key...

• Inside best practice: The human approach

  University Health System (UHS) in San Antonio, TX treats severe trauma victims. The nursing staff...

• Inside the program: Importance of transparency

  Information and knowledge are crucial to staff engagement in meeting the strategic goals of the...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Staff education departments

  Q: I would like any information regarding staff education departments. Do you have a director over...

Issue 31, July 30, 2010

• In the news: NJ hospital accelerates towards MRP redesignation

  Jersey City Medical Center is gearing up for redesignation through the ANCC Magnet Recognition...

• Inside best practice: Providing care in San Antonio

  Every community has its unique issues, and every community hospital must evolve and react to...

• Inside the program: Quality indicators

  You may think of quality indicators as those which require interdisciplinary or organizationwide...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Patient satisfaction data

  Q: Is anyone willing to share the following information regarding your process for measuring...

Issue 30, July 23, 2010

• In the news: Competency days help ensure nursing knowledge

  Hospitals with ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) designation are always seeking better...

• Inside best practice: Shared governance improvement

  The team developed a tool and distributed it to the unit-based council members and chairmen. This...

• Inside the program: The CNO

  The CNO sets the tone for the nursing department’s participation in QI. As a member of...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Professional organization participation

  Q: What structure(s) and Process(es) enable nurses at all levels in your organization to...

Issue 29, July 19, 2010

• In the news: North Shore-LIJ Requires New Nurses to Have BSN

  North Shore–LIJ Health System said today that starting Sept. 1 it will require newly hired...

• Inside best practice: Improving shared governance

  When Athens Regional Medical Center (ARMC), in Athens, GA, implemented shared governance five years...

• Inside the program: Improving operations, improving quality

  If you try to improve your department’s operations without a deep understanding of its...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Staff education

  Q: I would like any information regarding staff education departments. Do you have a director over...

Issue 28, July 12, 2010

• In the news: Communicating the purpose of recognition locally

  What methods are best used when educating the local community about the ANCC Magnet Recognition...

• Inside best practice: Restraint free

  The restraint-free program at Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Midwestern Regional...

• Inside the program: Training leadership

  All great leaders have clear values and a solid understanding of their beliefs in order to lead...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Developing a budget (part 2)

  Q: I am looking for additional advice on establishing an MRP budget. Do you have any tips about...

Issue 27, July 1, 2010

• In the news: Children?s Memorial Hospital receives third designation

  Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago proudly announced this week that is has received its...

• Inside best practice: Structural changes for nursing education

  When a new CNO arrived at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, CT in 2006, she...

• Inside the program: Patient education

  The hospital provides patient education and training based on each patient’s needs and...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Developing a budget

  Q: I am seeking help for an example of an MRP budget. I have some data already from the ANCC...

Issue 26, June 25, 2010

• In the news: Report looks at in-dwelling catheter management

  Ostomy-Wound Management (o-wm.com) has released a report providing guidance on use of in-dwelling...

• Inside best practice: Patient empowerment medicine

  By delivering patient empowerment medicine, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) empowers...

• Inside the program: Leadership training

  Embedded in your charge nurse orientation program should be leadership training initiatives...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Documentation

  Q: We are currently writing our ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) document, and I am...

Issue 25, June 21, 2010

• In the news: CO hospital receives third designation

  University of Colorado Hospital has joined an exclusive club, receiving its third designation...

• Inside best practice: Fall reduction strategy

  Systemic change does require visionary leadership. The Board of Trustees for our facility...

• Inside the program: Utilizing culture of excellence for performance expectations

  As part of the organizational component for the development of charge nurses, it is imperative that...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Collecting stories

  Q: We are trying to establish an efficient process to collect our ANCC Magnet Recognition...

Issue 24, June 11, 2010

• In the news: Designation increases prestige of nursing school

  With its recent designation by the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP), Swedish Covenant...

• Inside best practice: Competency days

  Hospitals with ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) designation are always seeking better...

• Inside the program: Charge nurse job description

  The following is a complete list of elements that should be present in any charge nurse description:

• Inside scoop from our experts: Chemotherapy orders

  Q: Can you share your practice regarding chemotherapy orders? Do you require two physicians to...

Issue 23, June 7, 2010

• In the news: Bay area receives first re-designated hospital

  El Camino Hospital of Mountain View, CA, became the first Bay area hospital to receive ANCC Magnet...

• Inside best practice: Going restraint-free

  Facilities across the country, whether they are ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP...

• Inside the program: Charge nurse supervisory and delegation role

  In the supervisory role, charge nurses set expectations regarding professional conduct and...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Dress code policies

  We are currently discussing modifying our dress code for all employees. Our current policies are...

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 22, May 27, 2010

• In the news: Missoulian provides recognition program primer

  What is the ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) and how do you explain the process to nurses...

• Inside best practice: Application to training programs

  University of Virginia Health System’s research program first puts out a call for research...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Policies and procedures

  Q: How do you communicate changes to existing policies and procedures and/or new policies and...

• Inside the program: Evidence-Based Practice newsletters

  Try using an evidence-based practice (EBP) newsletter to distribute highlights from your EBP...

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 21, May 24, 2010

• In the news: Fewer LPNs in hospitals?

  According to some studies, licensed vocational or practical nurses (LVNs and LPNs) may find their...

• Inside best practice: From inception to success

  In 2004, our Professional Nursing Staff Organization (PNSO) sought to develop a formal, robust, and...

• Inside the program: Publicizing Evidence-Based Practice projects

  There are many ways to spread the word about the great work you and your nurse colleagues have done...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Nurse Peer Review Committee

  Q: Do you keep minutes for your Nursing Peer Review Committee? Does everyone keep minutes? If so...

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 20, May 14, 2010

• In the news: Canadian study looks at nursing quality at designated hospitals

  Rural Canadian hospitals share a common problem: retention of health professionals. In an effort to...

• Inside best practice: Nurses and live presentations

  When Cheryl Burnette, MEd, BS, RN, CPLP, nurse retention coordinator with Centra in Lynchburg, VA...

• Inside the program: Models of evidence-based nursing practice

  No one model of evidence-based practice (EBP) is a perfect fit for all nursing departments and...

• Inside scoop from our experts: eLearning

  Q: For those of you who utilize eLearning, do you have an established passing score for competency...

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 19, May 5, 2010

• In the news: Medscape addresses issues of burnout in new nursing graduates

  A study in Journal Medscape Today finds alarming trends in turnover rates for new graduates of...

• Inside best practice: Educate staff, educate patients

  Healthcare organizations pursing ANCC Magnet Recognition Program (MRP) ® status can help...

• Inside the program: Evidence-based practice?Getting the resources you need

  Creating a culture in which everyone can participate in evidence-based practice (EBP) projects...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Nurse management council

  Q: Could you describe the meetings of your nursing management council?  

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 18, April 30, 2010

• In the news: JONA publishes report on designation?s effect on congenital heart failure

  The Journal of Nurse Staffing Administration (JONA) released this month a report looking at...

• Inside best practice: Improving outcomes through educated patients

  Organizations can improve outcomes and help educate patients on what they want to know about the...

• Inside the program: EBP?Getting started

  Nurses and other clinicians strive to provide the best care possible, and in today’s...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Site visit tips

  Q: I am interested in talking with a MRP program director who has gone through a site visit with...

• Sponsorship services available

  Need to reach nursing professionals? We can help.  

Issue 17, April 26, 2010

• In the news: Designated hospital announces key cardiac research results

  Researchers at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, an ANCC Magnet...

• Inside best practice: Setting up a CNO blog

  When St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital set up up a blog for the hospital’s CNO, it was quick...

• Inside the program: Use of percentiles as a goal

  Many hospitals use percentiles provided by their satisfaction survey vendors as their patient...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Coordinating council charters

  Q: Would anyone share their charter for the coordinating councils?  

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 16, April 19, 2010

• In the news: Joint Commission announces plans to focus on National Nurses Week

  National Nurses Week is approaching fast, and The Joint Commission has set up several programs to...

• Inside best practice: CNO uses blogging to connect with nurses

  As part of the journey to excellence, hospitals seeking ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP...

• Inside the program: HCAHPS aggregation process

  CMS does not report the responses to each of the 18 substantive Hospital Consumer Assessment of...

• Inside scoop from our experts: National Database of Nursing Quality indicators

  Q: I am looking at how to implement information in the National Database of Nursing Quality...

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 15, April 12, 2010

• In the news: ICN expresses concerns about YN Women?s Agency

  The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has released a statement outlining its concerns regarding...

• Inside best practice: Outreach through employee education

  Spartanburg (SC) Regional Healthcare System offers blood pressure screenings every February. In one...

• Inside the program: The three-legged stool of quality

  Quality professionals often describe quality as a three-legged stool, with process, structure, and...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Benchmarking your nursing education department

  A question for a 200-300 bed community hospital that has a centralized nursing education...

• Sponsorship services available

  Need to reach nursing professionals? We can help.  

Issue 14, April 5, 2010

• In the news: Program highlights MRP ® hospitals to attract nurses

  An Austin, TX-based hospital played host to a key ANNC Magnet Recognition Program ® (MRP...

• Inside best practice: Review the course and set guidelines

  We decided to re-evaluate our MRP team to ensure we had all the right team players. Our team needed...

• Inside the program: What is HCAHPS?

  At its most basic, HCAHPS is a 27-question survey of hospital patients. Hospitals have been...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Hospital-wide competency days

  Q: Does your hospital utilize hospital-wide competency “blitz” days? If so, can you...

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 13, March 29, 2010

• In the news: How one MRP program demonstrated ROI

  What’s the best way to celebrate receiving ANCC Magnet Recognition Program ® (MRP) status...

• Inside best practice: Review the course and set guidelines

  When we collected sources of evidence the first time, the process was not well defined, which...

• Inside the program: The battle with biofilms

  Indwelling urinary catheters provide an ideal location for the formation of a biofilm. A biofilm is...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Safe patient handling and movement

  We are looking for best ways to educate nurses on safe patient handling and movement, as well as...

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 12, March 22, 2010

• In the news: How one MRP program demonstrated ROI

  The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) received ANCC Magnet Recognition Program ®...

• Inside best practice: The importance of when?

  To maximize its outreach program’s impact, Spartanburg (SC) Regional Healthcare System...

• Inside the program: Preventing CAUTIs in Long-Term Indwelling Catheters

  The vast majority of indwelling catheters encountered in the acute care setting is inserted for a...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Fall prevention ideas

  Q: What are the key responsibilities for an MRP program director?

• Sponsorship services available

  Need to reach nursing professionals? We can help. HCPro can help you engage your brand and create...

Issue 11, March 15, 2010

• In the news: Program gives nurses WINGS

  A new program by ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) designated Stormont-Vail Healthcare in...

• Inside best practice: Evaluating effectiveness of staff education

  ROI factors in cost of training and education with savings or cost elimination. In general...

• Inside the program: Diagnosing a CAUTI

  A catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is diagnosed only when signs and symptoms of...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Fall prevention ideas

  Q: Our organization is looking to improve our inpatient fall rate. What have other organizations...

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 10, March 9, 2010

• In the news: MRP-designated hospital uses comedy, fashion to raise heart health awareness

  Heart disease, stroke, and diabetes have been shown to affect African American and Hispanic...

• Inside best practice: Healer, heal thyself

  It is a bit of an industry joke: hospital employees are statistically among the most unhealthy...

• Inside the program: Preventing healthcare-acquired conditions

  The first step for a team looking to prevent healthcare-acquired conditions (HAC), is to pull...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Evaluating shared governance

  Q: What methods or tools can be used related to evaluate the effectiveness of a shared governance...

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 9, March 1, 2010

• In the news: Nursing excellence found among top 100 workplaces

  Fourteen hospitals have been awarded a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For status in 2010...

• Inside best practice: The language of research

  Why do we struggle to understand the difference between evidence-based practice and nursing...

• Inside the program: Effective questions

  Effective questions can be very helpful in achieving accountability when dealing with the c-suite...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Motivating unit council members

  This week’s question and answer come from a conversation on JourneyTalk. This week, our...

• Sponsorship services available

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Issue 8, February 22, 2010

• In the news: Nominate a star for the HCPro 2010 Nursing Image Awards

  Nominations are open for the HCPro 2010 Nursing Image Awards, which honor nurses whose leadership...

• Inside best practice: Formalized performance improvement model

  Using a formalized performance improvement model and a team-based approach will yield a structured...

• Inside the program: Language tools to use when working with physicians

  We have many opportunities to work with physicians. It may be in caring for a specific patient or...

• Inside scoop from our experts: documenting nurse input

  Q: What process can I use to document direct care nurses’ input into needed staffing and...

Issue 7, February 15, 2010

• In the news: Becker?s Hospital Review names top 10 hospitals

  Becker’s Hospital Review magazine announced its 10 best hospitals in America list for 2009...

• Inside best practice: Program helps new grads get the sleep they need

  The final part of the new grad support program at Centra in Lynchburg, VA, involves sleep...

• Inside the program: Six language tools for productive meetings

  Here are a set of six tools to use to have productive meetings. They are an accountability language...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Fall prevention ideas

  Q: Our organization is working on fall prevention. We would love to hear from someone who has...

Issue 6, February 8, 2010

• In the news: Washington hospital receives MRP certification

  Providence St. Peter Hospital of Olympia, WA, has joined an exclusive group of top hospitals by...

• Inside best practice: Improve outcomes with a plan

  Medical staff involvement and leadership is crucial to the success of a facility’s...

• Inside the program: Accountability conversations with peers

  The nature of an accountability culture and the dynamics of an effective accountability...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Nursing councils in the OR

  This week’s question and answer come from a conversation on JourneyTalk. Our answer is...

Issue 4, February 1, 2010

• In the news: Changing discharge, transition procedures to limit readmissions

  Reducing hospital readmissions has entered the sights of government agencies, national quality...

• Inside best practice: Nurse-sensitive indicators

  Organizations should be very clear about the quality improvement (QI) issues bedside nurses need to...

• Inside the program: Presenting your data to leadership

  When presenting data to leadership about the effects of staff development training, be prepared for...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Educating staff on the nursing code of ethics and bill of rights

  Q: Has anyone developed tools/surveys to understand and evaluate the effectiveness of education...

Issue 3, January 18, 2010

• In the news: Nominate a star for the HCPro 2010 Nursing Image Awards

  Nominations are open for the HCPro 2010 Nursing Image Awards, which honor nurses whose leadership...

• In the news: ANA receives grant for Cultural Competency Program

  The American Nurses Association (ANA) announced this week that Pfizer, Inc., has provided a grant...

• Inside best practice: Skills and scenario-based training

  All new hires, whether experienced nurses or new graduates, first go to their own facilities to...

• Inside best practice: The language of research

  Why do we struggle to understand the difference between evidence-based practice and nursing...

• Inside the program: Evidence-based practice

  Nurses want to provide the best care for their patients. However, nurses often rely on clinical...

• Inside the program: Learning styles and teaching methods

  You need to assess the effectiveness of teaching methods in conjunction with various learning...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Capnography policies

  This week, a member of our Journeytalk Listserv asked the following question. Linda Klavon, MS, RN...

• Inside scoop from our experts: Educating staff on the nursing code of ethics and bill of rights

  This week’s question comes from a discussion on JourneyTalk. Advisor Gina Boring, MSN, RN...

Issue 2, January 12, 2010

• Patient and family involvement emphasized in new NQF Safe Practices

  The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently released an updated list of Safe Practices for Better...

• Formatting the written documentation

  When it comes time to submit your written documents for review, be sure the document is easy to...

• Tailor evidence-based practice projects to departmental efforts

  In today's healthcare environment, it is essential to create synergies between various efforts...

• Project director position responsibilities

  This week, a reader asks about what responsibilities fall to the person who serves as the...

Issue 1, January 5, 2010

• Virtual communicator helps patients understand discharge information

  A virtual communicator named "Elizabeth" is helping nurses and patients during the...

• Image of nursing: Impassioned advocate for nursing excellence

  Barbara J. Hannon, RN, MSN, CPHQ, ANCC Magnet Recognition Program® (MRP) coordinator at...

• Taking the pulse of nurse-physician relationships

  Taking the pulse of physician relationships is a good starting point for change. Doing so allows...

• Nurse autonomy

  One of the scariest aspects of a site visit for staff nurses is the prospect that appraisers will...