Magnet Basics
The organization that developed the Magnet Recognition Model to recognize healthcare organizations that provide nursing excellence and disseminate successful nursing practices & strategies.
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) - a subsidiary of the American Nurses Association.
Decision-making bodies at the unit-level empowering nurses to identify problems, causes, and solutions.
What are Unit Councils?
Who is our Chief Nursing Officer?
Linda Espinosa, MS, RN NEA-BC
Vice President & Chief Nursing Officer
The conscientious use/integration of the best research evidence into nursing practice.
What is Evidence-Based Practice?
*Evidence-driven
A collegial, systematic, and periodic process by which we provide feedback to each other on our practice.
What is Peer Feedback?
(1) Transformational Leadership
(2) Structural Empowerment
(3) Exemplary Professional Practice
(4) New Knowledge, Innovations & Improvements
(5) Empirical Outcomes
What are the components (domains) of the Magnet Model?
The nurse continuously improves his/her practice and self through education and training.
What is Professional Development?
(1) Strategic Planning
(2) Nursing Leadership Advocacy & Influence
(3) CNO Visibility, Accessibility, & Communication.
What are characteristics of the Transformational Leadership Domain?
Professional governance study (aka “shared” governance)
Acute Psychological Sequelae of Assault on Psychiatric Inpatient Nursing Staff (IRB intake complete, Dec. 2019)
What are examples of WBHC research projects?
Our visual representation of the beliefs, values, and framework guiding our professional nursing practice.
What is the Professional Practice Model?
Results/evidence validated by data to show that real change has occurred because of a particular action.
What are Empirical Outcomes (EOs)?
A collaborative communication structure that facilitates frontline nurses' involvement in decision-making at both the unit- and organizational-level; this structure promotes communication between frontline nursing staff and nursing leadership.
What is Professional Governance?
To become the world leader in nursing.
What is BHWC's Vision Statement?
Systematic, data-guided activities designed to bring about immediate improvement in health care delivery in particular settings.
What is Quality/Performance Improvement?
*Data-driven
A standard against which we measure care outcomes.
What is a Benchmark?
A measurable outcome determined or influenced by the quality of nursing care.
What is a Nursing-Sensitive Indicator?
An ANCC program designed to encourage nurses to pursue their certification; through this program, the ANCC partners with hospitals to eliminate financial barriers to exam registration.
What is Success Pays?
A list of focus areas and corresponding goals demonstrating how nursing will advance organizational priorities.
What is the Nursing Strategic Plan?
Systematic inquiry using disciplined methods to answer questions or solve problems with the ultimate goal of developing, refining, and expanding knowledge.
What is Research?
*Inquiry-driven
Rates of falls, pressure ulcers, infections, RN engagement, restraints/seclusions, patient satisfaction, to name a few.
What are EXAMPLES of Nursing-Sensitive Indicators?
Qualitative and quantitative evidence used to satisfy Magnet designation criteria/exemplars.
(Stories of excellence, collaboration, performance improvement, best practices, innovation, etc.)
What are Sources of Evidence/SOEs?
A list, compiled by the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA), International Society of Psychiatric Nurses (ISPN), and American Nurses Association (ANA), describing competent nursing practice and defining the duties and obligations we are held accountable to at each nursing level.
What are the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Scopes & Standards of Practice?
(1) Professional Development
(2) Quality and Safety
(3) Advancing Care
(4) Operational Excellence
(5) Technology Innovation
6) Patient Experience
7) Employee Experience
What are our Nursing Strategic Initiatives?
(1) Problem
(2) Evidence
(3) Appraisal
(4) Change Practice/Conduct Research
(5) Evaluate
What is the PEACE Framework for EBP & Research?
The Daisy Awards, RRR Committee, Peer Feedback, to name a few...
What are examples of WBHC initiatives to improve RN experience and engagement?