What is Transformational Leadership?
Nurse leaders provide a vision for elevating their units, involve staff in setting goals, and advocate for resources to support staff in giving patient care.
What is a Shared Governance?
A forum for direct care nurse to take responsibility, accountability, and ownership of their nursing practice and professional development
What is Professional Practice Model?
Relationship Centered Care ( care of the self, care of the colleagues, care of the patient/families and communities)
What is Nursing Research?
Systematic inquiry that uses disciplined methods to answer clinical questions to solve problems.
How are you oriented to PACU?
Nurse Residency Program
Preceptor-ship
Mentoring
Give an example of how your Nurse Manager is Transformational Leader?
Makes rounds in the unit, expresses gratitude via Thank you cards, emails, at staff meetings, and by a catch a star.
How do you support the next generation of nurses?
Orientation Program
Preceptor-ship
Nurse Residency Program
Mentoring
Education Department
Can you give an example of how you integrate professional practice model in your unit?
By Role modeling,, team work, express gratitude
What is EBP ?
EBP helps clinicians to make decisions based on best evidence, clinicians expertise, and patients preferences and values. IOWA model is the framework used for EBP to promote quality outcomes.
What are you most proud of in PACU?
Teamwork
Care of the colleagues
Who is your CNO?
Frances Cartwright
What are the six guiding principles of nursing practice?
1.ANA Standards
2. Code of Ethics
3. NYS Practice Act
4. NYS Specialty Standards
5. Nurse Experience
6. Patient preference
What is a Unit Practice Council?
A council led by the direct care nurses to improve/discuss clinical practice issues, disseminate new knowledge, improve delivery of nursing care, and to establish individualized unit specific goals that align with the best practices for better patient outcomes.
Where can you go to conduct our Research?
Mount Sinai Health System Center for Research run by Marilyn Hammer
What resources are available to you to support ethical decision making?
Physicians, PAs, Administrators, Nurse Managers, Social Workers, Chaplains
What is the purpose of the Magnet Site Visit?
The appraisers from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) will verify and clarify what is written in the magnet document is consistent with the professional practice environment at Mount Sinai Queens.
During the site visit, it is our time to amplify the sources of evidence in the Magnet Document
Who is Margaret Styles and what is the importance of March 19?
The founder of continuing education and Certification
Birthday of Margaret Styles
What is a Daisy Award?
An award given to a nurse who establishes a special connection with a patient/family, and has significantly made a difference in the life of a patient and is an outstanding role model for the nursing profession.
What is the IOWA Model?
It is the framework that MSQ uses to engage in the EBP to improve the quality of patient care and it integrates best evidence into clinical prctice
What is the professional Organization for PACU?
ASPAN
Who is the Deputy Chief Nursing officer at MSQ?
Jill Goldstein
Why do we celebrate May 6-12
Florence Nightigale,s birthday
How do you make your patient assignment ?
Based on the ANA Standards, patient complexity level, nurses credentials, and experience to care for the patient
What is the goal of Nursing Research?
To develop, refine and expand the body of knowledge
What are the EBP projects in PACU?
1. Music Therapy
2. Hand off Communication