Shared Decision Making
This Altamonte structure gives nurses a formal place to influence practice decisions.
What are unit and campus shared governance councils?
This CNO-hosted forum invites nurses and interdisciplinary staff to share concerns and ideas.
What is Catching Up with Crocker?
This reporting system was used when IV Plum pumps unexpectedly shut off during critical infusions.
What is Origami?
Name one way nurses are supported for professional development activities?
Flexible scheduling, paid time, registration assistance, Guild, relief-charge training, certification prep
The New Year’s Well-Being Challenge initiative was created by the ICU UPC in response to what?
What is burnout?
A L&D nurse-led change to improve early bonding after cesarean births through the use of skin-to-skin was based on this practice involving literature review.
What is evidence-based practice?
During 7900 UPC chair turnover, name one communication or coaching actions that kept the council moving.
What are monthly meetings, LENS or email updates, and mentoring?
Name one Altamonte protection that helps prevent or respond to workplace violence or patient and visitor abuse.
What are CPI and violence-risk training, security rounds, panic or duress alarms, EMR violence alerts, limited badge access, or behavioral agreements?
A role given to a nurse that provides monthly guidance, encourages certification, discusses future education, and helps a nurse enroll in PEP.
What is a nurse mentor?
Name one way Altamonte recognize nurses for service, community involvement, and patient experience.
What are the Daisy Award, Bee Award, Service Standard Award, Patient Experience Unit of the Month, and Speak Up for Safety Award?
What is ethical decision-making?
Name one way Brianna Jericiau was supported to prepare for an interim nurse manager role.
What are weekly one-on-one meetings, mentoring, or regular access to nursing leaders?
Name one way nurse managers address daily coverage and protected planned meal and rest breaks.
What are staffing plans, flex hours, buddy systems, dedicated rest areas, or End-of-Shift reports?
After completing Inter-Professional Communication training, a nurse used active listening, respectful questions, and closed-loop communication to clarify an unfamiliar medication order. What kind of communication did she exhibit?
What is respectful communication?
This scheduling approach gives nurses opportunities to shape work patterns that support work-life balance and personal well-being.
What is self-scheduling?
Name one example of how nurses are given a voice and role in product and technology decisions.
What are vendor fairs, product trials, or technology walkthroughs?
In January 2026, Dixie Salazar worked with leaders to adjusted operating room schedules based on staffing, patient acuity, and provider availability. What operational decision was the Dixie a part of?
What is cost management?
For a nurse floated to an unfamiliar area, name one support that helps the nurse provide safe care.
What are competency confirmation, float letter, a buddy nurse, unit-specific guidance, and leader rounding?
Name one way nurse are supported in leadership development.
What is leadership courses, the ANM leadership program, a nursing leadership conference, and ongoing one-on-one support.
This resource supports a fair, learning-focused response when errors occur so nurses feel safer reporting mistakes.
What is Just Culture?
On MIU, nurses who had worked with Catherine Isidor helped inform this personnel decision.
What is a hiring decision?
Name one route Altamonte leaders use to stay connected with staff between formal decisions.
What are rounding, huddles, staff meetings, open-door conversations, or Town Halls?
Name one reporting or follow-up route that supports nurses who experience or witness discriminatory behavior.
What are Prevention First, annual risk education, anonymous safety culture surveys, HR or Employee Relations reporting, non-retaliation, and private follow-up?
Nurses in ICU used this to give input into education topics.
What is a needs assessment?
Name one resource promoted for routine mental health support.
What are EAP, Lyra, RISE, Mental Health Consultant support, Chaplain Services, or WRT, plus options such as Code Lavender, respite spaces, or leader-supported recovery time?