Shared Decision-Making
This interdisciplinary committee worked on a formulary change to Alteplase in May 2023.
What is the Stroke Committee?
These meetings are held quarterly and allow access to the Senior Leadership Team.
What are Town Halls?
This model of care focuses on patient experience.
What is Patient and Family Centered Care?
This hospital committee plans activities to promote recognition and relaxation for our team members.
What is the Culture Connection Committee?
What process takes place every shift to identify safety risks and events?
What is Unit Safety Huddle?
This practice change was driven by the 2T UBC during 2021 in response to the COVID pandemic.
What is Couplet Care?
This practice allows direct care nurses access to their leaders whenever they are in their office.
What is an Open Door Policy?
Hillcrest Hospital South’s resident chaplain
Who is Angel Melendez?
This workgroup allows nurses the opportunity to contribute to initiatives with other disciplines and departments.
What is TeamLead?
Another name for incivility and bullying.
Lateral (or Horizontal) Violence
This hospital level committee monitors and promotes moral conduct in patient care.
What is the Ethics Committee?
This hospital leader accommodates nursing participation in shared governance by covering shifts, ensuring compensation, and providing remote options.
Who is the Nurse Manager?
This nurse visits each patient to discuss discharge planning.
Who is the case manager?
Healthcare Heroes, Daisy Awards, and Bee Awards are examples.
What is staff recognition?
This practice ensures that direct care staff do not enter a behavioral risk patient’s room alone.
What is the Buddy System?
This process allows direct care nurses input into hiring decisions.
What is Peer Interviewing?
Participation in these monthly meetings allows nurses to be included in cost management discussions.
What are Operational Report Meetings?
This practice ensures that patient needs are met efficiently and maximizes time management.
What is purposeful hourly rounding?
This workplace model promotes an open, fair, and just environment for all.
What is Just Culture?
This code is called overhead when a patient is displaying disruptive behavior and the nurse needs additional assistance.
What is Dr. Strong?
This nurse led the charge in reducing ventilator and ICU days by working with her UBC to develop a new assessment tool.
Who is Stephanie Lafferty?
This process involves a new policy, device, or technology and requires leadership support.
What is Organizational Change?
This safety training focused on efficient and respectful communication for patient safety.
What is MissionZero?
This meeting conducted by nursing and quality is meant to review a patient safety event and allow for nurses to address problematic trends.
What is PSEA (patient safety data analysis)?
This staff training was provided in 2023 to improve staff de-escalation skills.
What is CPI?