NURSING
PATIENTS
HOSPITAL
Acronyms & Abbreviations
Magnet
100

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

Who is Florence Nightingale?

100

Name one of the Magnet benefits patients receive?

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

100

Service

Teamwork

Accountability

Attitude

Respect

What are the 5 STAAR standards?

100

TJC

What is The Joint Commission?

100

Improve patient outcomes, promote quality nursing care, and foster a positive work environment for nurses.

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

200

Chief Nursing Executive for the MSHS 

Who is the Beth Oliver?

200

What are the National Patient Safety Goals? 

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.

200

Meeting the highest standards in nursing excellence by creating an environment where nurses want to work and patients want to receive their care.

What is Magnet designation?

200

MSSN

What is Mount Sinai South Nassau?

200

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

Who awards Magnet Status?

300

To provide exceptional clinical experiences and outcomes for patients and families, while advancing nursing practice through education, equity, leadership, innovation, and scientific nursing research. The aim of the mission is to be a place where nurses choose to work and patients want to receive care. 

What is the Mount Sinai Hospital's Nursing Mission?

300

Patient Care Delivery Model? 

What is the Relationship Centered Care?

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

What are the Magnet model components?

300

MSHS


What is Mount Sinai Hospital System?

300

Quality of leadership

Organizational Structure

Management style

Personnel policies and programs

Professional Models of Care

Quality Improvement

Consultation and resources

Autonomy

Community and the hospital

Nurse as a teacher

Image of nursing

Interdisciplinary relationships

Professional development

What are some of the Forces of Magnetism?

400

A place where nurses choose to work and patients want to receive their care. This vision emphasizes a commitment to creating a positive and supportive work environment for nurses while also ensuring the highest quality patient care.

What is one of the Mount Sinai Hospital's Nursing Vision? 

400

Two patient identifiers

What are the Name and Date of Birth?

400

A place to relax and recharge.

What is the Recharge Room?

400

CNO at MSSN

Who is Chief Nursing Officer Stacy Conklin?

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

MSSN known as in relation to the MSHS

What is the Flagship hospital on Long Island

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

The MSSN Electronic Medical Record System

The EMR coming in November

What are Allscripts and Epic?

500

ANCC

What is the American Nurse Credentialing Center?

500

American Nurses Credentialing Center

Who grants Magnet designation for hospitals?

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