Expectations
Communication
Updates/Initiatives
February Content
100

This is the minimum expectation for nursing staff regarding monthly Key Takeaway content.

What is reading/reviewing it through posted, emailed or SharePoint-accessible versions?

100

This expectation asks nurses to report quality concerns, near misses, unsafe conditions, unexpected events.

What is Culture of Safety reporting?

100

Achieving 30% on this patient-engagement tool could earn your unit a Zen Den or breakroom makeover.

What is the MyChart Bedside Competition?

100

This communication notified staff that paper consents are being replaced March 17th, except in Women's Health.

What is the E-Consent Go Live?
200

This expectation ensures that nurses actively engage in decisions that influence practice, quality & patient outcomes? 

What is participating in Professional Governance Councils?

200

This monthly communication tool compiles important updates from Professional Governance councils and is expected to be reviewed by all units?

What are the Key Takeaways?

200

After an Epic upgrade, you can review feature changes using this tool created by the IT Council and included monthly updates/posted on units.

What is the Epic Tip of the Month?

200

This simple tactic helps increase patient warmth & improve comfort while reducing cost.

What is placing a sheet between warm blankets?

300
A key expectation of Professional Governance is that clinical nurses help shape practice by contributing to these discussions at both the unit & site level.

What is shared decision-making?

300

Deadline for nomination submission to recognize a nurse/teammate who goes above and beyond is March 15th.

What is 2026 Advocate Sherman's Nurse & Teammate Excellence Awards?

300
This career-development program - focused on recognizing, rewarding, developing & cultivating RN excellence through a modernized advancement model - is replacing ExCEL.

What is ADVANCE?

300
This wound-related flied cannot be left blank in Flowsheets when completing admission documentation.

What is the "present at time of admission" question?

400
This is the expectation for how Key Takeaways should be used during monthly UBC meetings.

What is reviewing, discussing & validating that unit practice aligns with the monthly Key Takeaways?

400

These three methods ensure every nurse has access to the monthly Key Takeaways.

What are the Sherman Nursing Council SharePoint, the Key Takeaways email, and printed copies on the units?

400

These recurrent forums promote excellence in nursing through evidence-based practice presentations.

What is Nursing Grand Rounds?

400

This hub offers self-care tools and well-being resources for teammates across the system.

What is the Wellbeing & Benefits Hub?

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