The Basics
Name
Department/Unit
Credentials (You do not have to call out if you do not have a certification)
Years of Service
What is your percent of certified nurses? What is your goal? Action plan/ tactics to achieve?
Participant will refer to Magnet Board.
How do you and your peers act as transformational leaders?
Transformational leaders stimulate and inspire followers to achieve extraordinary outcomes and develop their own leadership capacity. At CDH we consider all nurses, regardless of level, to be transformational leaders!
How do you participate in shared decision making?
The person will give an example of how they participate whether it be participating in SDM, supporting decisions made in SDM or supporting peers in SDM.
How is research shared so that it can be used to change practice and improve outcomes?
-Participating in share decision making
-Healthcare Professional Research Council
-Poster days such as I-Day
NM Network Hospitals Interprofessional Research and EBP Symposium
What Professional Practice Model does CDH use?
The Professional Practice Model CDH uses is the Interprofessional Relationship Care Model (IRBC)
What are your patient engagement scores? What are you doing to keep your scores high?
Participant will refer to Magnet Board and unit-specific tactics to achieving high scores.
In what ways is Sue McCoy, CNE visible and accessible to staff?
-Weekly Meetings with Leadership
-Nursing Now Newsletter
-Daisy Award Honorees and Nominee Ceremonies
-Attendance in the Nursing Executive Meetings
-Hospital Rounding
-Email updates
How are you supported in terms of professional development?
-Reimbursement for:
-conferences
-certifications
-advanced degrees
Free conferences held by Northwestern
How are you involved in technology, workflow improvements, or space design?
Just to name a few:
-Piloting new equipment or technology
-Focus groups for new policies, procedures, workflows
-Conducting the research for school or through a LEAD project
Can you name three nurse sensitive indicators?
CAUTI
CLABSI
HAPI
Falls (Falls with Injury)
VAP
Do the staff have the ability to discuss safety concerns and outcomes?
Avenues to discuss safety concerns and outcomes (just to name a few):
-Debriefs after difficult events
-NETS reports
-Roundtable at staff meetings
-Utilizing the NM Safety Tools
How does your department support the goals set in the CDH Nursing Strategic Roadmap (Plan)?
This will be a unit-specific answer, that could include reference to unit tactical plan.
What is Structural Empowerment?
-Structures and processes / Innovative environment
-NM mission, vision, and values
-Professional practice - Desired outcomes
-Teams and committees: Shared Governance
-Professional development: Seminars and education
Budget process: Resources for patient care delivery
Have there been any policy or protocol changes based on research or EBP?
Participant will explain a policy or protocol changes based on research or EBP they have participated in or ways they could be asked to participate in the future.
What would you include when giving a Magnet appraiser a tour of your unit?
-What type of unit
-How many beds
-What type of patients
-Typically see what kinds of ailments
-Procedure rooms- if applicable; or any unique spaces to call out
-They should end up at the Magnet Board/Breakroom good meeting space to sit, be mindful of temperature in the room and traffic flow
What is Exemplary Professional Practice?
Exemplary professional practice is illustrated by our Interprofessional Relationship Based Care (IRBC) Professional Practice Model (PPM). Nurses partner with patients, families, and interprofessional colleagues to positively impact care delivery and outcomes.
Identify one specific change that you have seen in your nursing practice or your work environment that resulted from input from direct care nurses.
Staff provides an answer specific to their unit or to CDH.
Give an example of a decision made by a unit shared governance committee. How staff are held accountable?
The person will give an example of how they participate whether it be participating in SDM, supporting decisions made in SDM or supporting peers in SDM.
Can you speak to the research that is ongoing on your unit or at CDH?
Staff are able to get this information from their SDM chair who attends the Nursing Executive Meeting or other house-wide councils. Staff can also understand what research is going on in their unit by participating in their unit-base shared decision making.
What percent of U.S. hospitals are Magnet certified?
9%
How is workplace safety evaluated and improved?
-Culture of Safety surveys
-NETS reporting
-Psychological Safety education
-Root Cause Analysis meetings
How does your department support the goals set in the CDH Nursing Strategic Roadmap (Plan)?
Provide Nursing Strategic Roadmap to staff who may not be aware.
Describe the structure of your unit based shared governance councils or unit based shared decision making committees and identify the chairperson for each.
This answer will be unit specific.
What research has been put into practice? How do you take research and apply it to your nursing practice?
Participant will be able to give examples of research being put into practice at the System, hospital or unit level.