Magnet Site Visit Preparation

2022 Magnet Site Visit Preparation

Exemplary Professional Practice

Intention of Component Reflects Nurses are involved in development, implementation, evaluation of the Professional Practice Model (PPM) Unit level RN satisfaction data outperform the mean of national database used Nurses are involved in interprofessional practice to ensure care coordination Nurses incorporate regulatory, specialty standards, guidelines, professional organization standards of practice into care delivery

How we do this at AtlantiCare

My notes

See attached. We use the councils to evaluate and develop the PPM and clinical nurses implement.

We use Press Ganey (PG) survey

Huddles Boost Rounds Care Managers Nurse Navigators Hand off reporting Shift Report Nurses regularly review specialty standards & guidelines and incorporate them into policies, protocols, & guidelines. Some examples: Specialty Standard ARMC policy/protocol Am Diabetes Association (ADA) Hypoglycemia protocol CMS Guidelines Sepsis protocol American Heart Association (AHA) Acute Stroke guidelines Wound Scope and Standards Pressure Injury policy Some examples: • Professional Practice & Development • Wound Care Nurses • Infection Preventionists Staffing coordinators Unit-level meetings 3pm staffing huddle Supervisors Logistics & Patient Flow Department

Nurse use internal or external experts to improve clinical practice

Nurses are involved in staffing and scheduling to meet the needs of patient population Nurses use trended data in budgeting process with clinical nurse input to redistribute or obtain additional nursing resources

• FTEs • Patient volume/visits • Hours of Care • Unit-level activities • Interview potential staff •

Nurses participate in recruitment and retention

Nurse Staffing & Advisory Council (NAC)

Nurses lead or participate in interprofessional groups to improve care and implement patient education activities Professional literature is available to support decision-making Nurses engage in formal performance review that includes self-appraisal and peer feedback for professional development Nurse use available resources to address ethical issues related to clinical practice Workplace safety for nurses is evaluated and improved

• Falls committee HAPI committee • Sepsis committee VTE committee • VAP committee CAUTI/CLABSI • Many others

Nursing Reference Center Medical Library

We complete this process annually

Ethics committee Palliative Care Pastoral Care Providers Manager/Supervisor Violence Prevention Committee Risk Management