SCIP, Pneumonia, Falls, Pressure Ulcers, Customer Experience, handwashing, CLABSI, VAP, and CAUTI (see unit score card in nurse's lounge)
What are our departments goals
100
Describe the Shared Governance Structure in ICU
What is Unit Forum?
100
Jean Watson
Who is our Nursing Theorist?
100
What is PDCA (Plan-Do-Check-Act). (refer to our PDCA binder which houses the PDCA's for each item on our unit scorecard)
What tool do we use for performance improvement?
100
What was the back to the basic central line care, adding CHG to bath water, and Curos cap to lines.
What intervention resulted in a decrease in Central line infections ?
200
To hold us accountable to meet our department goals; evaluation of clinical and behavioral skill.
Why do we have annual evaluations
200
Explain how you are able to make changes or improvements on your unit
What is Unit Forum, Staff Meetings, Employee Voice
**Name one change you are really proud of
200
The tree of life on the bulletin board - includes the 10 caritas within the trunk; Our Mission, vision, and Value as the roots; care gives hand as the banches holding the heart demonstrating caring.
What is our Professional Practice Model?
200
Sources that nurses use to to evaluate their nursing practice based on the most current body of evidence available
What is Evidence Based Practice?
200
What is Starfish Experience education, Hourly Rounding, Hush Campaign, open visitation, creating sacred moments, and service recovery
How does the ICU nurse contributes to the customer experience ?
300
Describe one unit example where staff and unit leaders advocated or participated in a project where a request for resources was made and describe the positive impact for you and the organization
SPD and med room reorganization, Renovation of nurse desk with increase computers, and Pharmacy desk, Hypothermia protocol, equipment - BIS monitors
300
What educational opportunities are available to you as an AtlantiCare Nurse?
What is healthstream, conferences, webinars, lunch and learns, tuition assistance/reimbursement
300
What is Family participation, open visitation, Certified Medical Interpreters, Pastoral Care, Diversity Portal
What resources are available to meet the unique needs of our patients?
300
What is our Evidenced Based Nursing Model
What is the Iowa Model?
300
Review chart on bulletin board. 49% have a BSN and 33% certified.
What is the number of nurses with a certification, number with a BSN, and number currently enrolled in BSN programs?
400
Describe two projects nurses participated in that supported the organizations strategic plan
What is the Customer Experience "Starfish" education, and rounding to ensure DRG and pathway compliance; decreasing central line infections and Beacon award
400
How does AtlantiCare support professional development?
What is tuition reimbursement, conference money, flexibility with school schedules, and leadership program for staff (Pathway to Leadership)
400
What is self scheduling, teamwork, flexing up or down to census or callouts/vacations
How do we describe staffing on our unit?
400
What is Lipincott Advisor on the Starfish, or our Library in city campus
Where can you access professional nursing journals, articles or do a literature search?
400
What is taking care of each other...support of team mates, special things done for patients, Assigned Care Buddies, Donation of vacation/holiday time.(Jean Watson)
How have you applied the Professional Practice Model to your personal practice?
500
Robyn Begley, the CNO (Chief Nursing Officer)ensures nurses support the organizational strategic plan through shared governance council which allows nurses to participate in the decisions and help impact the outcomes
(Strategy Map remind staff how they contribute to the strategic plan)
How does Robyn Begley, the CNO, ensure nurses support the strategic plan for the organization?
500
What affiliations do we have with schools of nursing?
What is ACCC and Stockton, as well as several partnerships with Drexel and Jefferson
500
What is Chart Audits, Medical Record Reviews, Just in time feedback (including shift change report), Teamwork award nominations, educational rounds with Brenda
How do we perform Peer Review?
500
What is the IRB (Institutional Review Board). *6 of our nurses sit on the IRB
Where is "formal" research submitted?
500
A Decrease in Central line infections
What internal research has resulted in a change to your practice?