Structural Empowerment (Decision–making structures and processes to address standard of practice and address opportunities for improvement
Shared governance, multidirectional information, Nursing Practice Congress, PACTS, Quality and Safety committee, and Magnet committee to name a few.
What are institutional and unit based examples of Structural Empowerment
Thoracic Center Safety 365 (Profirio and Natalie)
What is a unit based example of Transformational Leadership that we do DAILY?
New nursing knowledge
What is produced by nursing research?
Thoracic staff updating patient's of provider delays and rounding.
What are ways the clinic is trying to improve patient care?
Leadership classes, clinical coaching classes, APRN MENTOR program Graduate Nurse Residency/Research Nurse Residency are just some examples.
What are MDACC's Mentoring Programs and plans for fostering nursing professional growth and development?
Nursing Research grand rounds and Staff Meetings
How is nursing research findings shared internally?
Seeing Nurse Practitioner Fellows assisting in TMO and TS alongside primary teams
What are unit based examples of NP Fellowship Residency?
Thoracic Surgery ERAS (collaborative effort with in-patient RN/APP and outpatient RN/APP).
What are interventions developed between APP, in-patient and outpatient nurses to help improve patient recovery?
Journal publication and posters at conferences
How are nursing research findings shared externally?
MA's rounding on patients in the rooms every 20 minutes and Front desk notifying patients in the waiting rooms of the delay times.
What are some of the improved patient outcome associated with knowledge gained from a nurse's or nurses' participation in a professional development activity?
Justification to hire Marissa, our awesome Vascular Tech.
What is an example of Thoracic nurses utilizing data to justify the acquisition of another resource in Vascular Surgery?
AACN
ONS
ASPAN
AORN
What professional nursing organizations have standards of care we adopt?
•CNAP (educational, CE, conference, membership coverage)
•NCAP (novice, competent, proficient)
•Certification Incentive (reimbursement and yearly bonus)
•ONCC First Take
What is the organization's way of supporting registered nurses' progress toward obtaining professional certification?
Nursing from the Frontlines
What is the opportunity to directly communicate with our CNO, Dr. Porter?
Epic Implementation and IRNs
How are nurses involved in the adoption of new technology and practices?