NURSING
PATIENTS
HOSPITAL
Acronyms & Abbreviations
Magnet
100

She established fundamentals that changed the role of nursing in hospitals.

Who is Florence Nightingale?

100

Reduced mortality/morbidity

Improved patient safety

Decreased LOS (length of stay)

Increased patient satisfaction

Decreased complications

Interdisciplinary teamwork that supports patient and family centered care

Name one of the Magnet benefits patients receive?

100

People

Service

Finance

Quality 

Growth

What are the 5 pillars of excellence or our 5 to Thrive Model?

100

Known as the TJC.

What is The Joint Commission?

100
  1. Promoting quality in a setting that supports professional practice
  2. Identifying excellence in the delivery of nursing services to patients
  3. Disseminating best practices in nursing services

What three goals does the Magnet Recognition Program focuses on advancing?

200

Elizabeth Smith DNP

Who is the Chief Nursing Executive?

200

Topics originated by the Joint Commission to promote and enforce major changes in patient safety in thousands of participating health care organizations in the United States.  Updated and published yearly.

What are the National Patient Safety Goals?

200

The highest federal rating a cancer center can achieve.

What is NCI or National Cancer Institute Designation?

200

Known as the University of Miami Hospital.

What is UHealth Tower?

200

ANCC - American Nurses Credentialing Center – a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association.

Who awards Magnet Status?

300

We seek to provide excellence in patient/family centered care, reducing the human burden from cancer and other illness by delivering high quality, compassionate health care. Leading life-changing discoveries and transforming patient care through innovative research, education and prevention.

What is the UHealth Nursing Mission?

300

The Patient Care Delivery Model is interdisciplinary, patient-and family-focused care.

Patient centeredness is the central theme of the model. Patients and families are viewed as unique and influenced by their own history and cultural experiences.

What is the Patient Care Delivery Model?

300
  1. Transformational Leadership
  2. Structural Empowerment
  3. Exemplary Professional Practice
  4. New Knowledge, Innovation, and Improvement
  5. Empirical Quality Results

What are global issues in nursing and healthcare that used to measure quality?

300

The University of Miami Hospitals and Clinics.


What is UMHC?

300

14 Forces of Magnetism

How many Forces of Magnetism are there?

400

To be passionate in our delivery of nursing care that consistently leads to excellent outcomes within the global healthcare community.

What is one of the UHealth Nursing Vision?

400

Name and Date of Birth

What are the two patient identifiers to be used?

400

A stress free way to manage your health online.

What is myUHealth?

400

CNO

What is the Chief Nursing Officer?

400

High quality of care, improved recruitment and retention, significant cost savings to hospitals, increased visibility via media coverage, hospital of choice for patients and families.

What are some benefits to having Magnet status.

500

Anchored to Excellence

What is UM's Magnet Theme

500

Near Miss (aka Good Catch)


What is an unplanned event that did not result in injury illness or damage, but had the potential to do so?

500

UChart.

What is the University of Miami Hospital and Clinics' State-of-the-Art Electronic Medical Record System?

500

Opened in 1992 to provide comprehensive cancer services to the South Florida community.

What is SCCC?

500

1. Increased RN retention

2. Autonomy

3. Professional Development

4. Collaborative Nurse/Physician relationship

5. Control over Practice

Name 5 benefits of Magnet designation for hospitals?

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