RN-RN Teamwork & Collaboration
Fundamentals of Quality
Professional Development
The Why behind Nurse Excellence Survey
Autonomy
100

How do you achieve the following?

"The person I report to encourages teamwork"

BSSR

Safe Hand-Off

Mentors & Preceptors

Comradery & Collaboration

100

Nurse Leaders share a clear vision for how nursing should be practiced in UPMC

1:1 Meetings

Communication Board

Safety Reviews

QI efforts

100

This organization provides career develeopment

My Nursing career ladder

100

What is the presby nurse excellence hashtag

#PresbyPROUD

100

What are some Nurse-driven Protocols that you peform on a daily basis

Titratable medications

200

How do you achieve the following?

My Work Unit works well together?

Unit/Department-based Comittees

Staff/Staff Recognition

Collaboration

BSSR

QI Efforts

200

How does your work demonstrate a commitment to patient and family centered care

Hourly rounding

BSSR

Family meetings

Communication

200

I get the training i need to do a good job

Orientation classes

Preceptor training

Developmental courses: BAC, Critical care, Neuro, Trauma

200

The Nurse Excellence Survey is nurse engagement analysis based on 7 domains.

• RN-RN Interaction

• Interprofessional Relationships

• Leadership Access & Responsiveness

• Professional Development

• Staffing Adequacy & Resources

• Fundamentals of Quality

• Autonomy

200

I am involved in decisions that affect my work.

RCA reviews

Nursing practice councils - EBP, PPC

Unit Based Councils - PPC

300

How do you achieve the following?

Nurses in my work unit help others to accomplish their work

Mentors and preceptors

collaboration

Team Work

Charge Nurse

Clinician

300

What quality improvement activities are you involved in

PPC

EBP

HAPI

Stroke

Recommendations to clinician, UD, Charge on improvements needed

300

I have opportunities to learn and grow at this organization

My nursing career ladder

Tuition Assistance

Shared leadership council

Interdisciplinary committees

Continuing education

Professional Certification reimbursement

300

At least how many domains do we need to have for magnet submission?

We need to have at least four out of seven domains over national benchmark to submit our UPMC Presbyterian document to the Magnet Commission.

300

When appropriate, I can act on my own

without asking for approval.

Nurse Driven protocols

Working to scope

400

How do you achieve the following?

Nurses in my work unit help others even when it's not part of their job?

Clinician

Charge nurse

Mentors and preceptors

Educators

Skin Team

Improvement Specialist

400

How are you satisfied with the expertise of the nursing staff

Our nurses take pride in what they do

3/4 of the staff are experience

400

What does professional Development mean to you

Tuition Assistance

CCRN

Leadership councils

400

Why do we need to participate in the Nurse Excellence Survey?

This is the last step for our Magnet submission!

400

I have the opportunity to influence nursing

practice at this organization.

Unit-based Councils/Committees

RCA Reviews

Working to Scope

What WE can change in our nursing practice - councils

500

What is RN-RN Teamwork and collaboration mean to you

Teamwork

Working well together

Helping others accomplish their work

Helping others, even when it's not your job.

500
How is patient safety important to UPMC

Patient Safety Reviews

Quality Outcome Review - Cauti, Clabsi, Falls etc


500

The person I report to uses the performance

process to coach me on my professional

development.

1:1 Meetings

500

What are the benefits the Nurse Excellence Survey?

• PRIDE in our nursing practice

• A strong work environment for the highly satisfied nurses to practice in daily

• A foundation of staff autonomy

• A positive and engaging environment that fosters teamwork and collaboration across various disciplines

• The Magnet designated workforce reports lower turnover rates than the industry average

• Magnet facilities report fewer safety related incidents

500

Within my scope of nursing practice, I have the freedom to act on what I know is in the best interest of the patient

Nurse-driven protocols

Working to Scope

Calling a code

Psych consult

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